Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 22:06:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: ETX-B-SL Martti Kuparinen <erakupa@kk.etx.ericsson.se> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: invalid password in single-user mode Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980410220546.28437D-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199804090649.IAA01272@kk662.kk.etx.ericsson.se>
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On Thu, 9 Apr 1998, ETX-B-SL Martti Kuparinen wrote: > Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> wrote: > > > I bet that your root password is set by NIS and not stored on the local > > machine. Thus when NIS goes away, the system doesn't know root's > > password. > > It can't be, because the passwd table in the NIS server does not > have entry for root, i.e the NIS passwd contains only user accounts. Hm, time for plan C. Make an install boot floppy and fixit floppy (or CD), then boot the boot floppy and select `Fixit' from the menu. You should get a shell after that -- mount your root partition on /mnt and fix /mnt/etc/ttys to disable secure mode on the console. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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