Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 03:41:48 -0800 From: hmmm <hmmm@alaska.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: /etc lock out Message-ID: <3289B3FC.68E7@alaska.net>
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i guess i did something REAL stupid! i changed the following files in /etc: group master.passwd passwd pwd.db spwd.db i think that was all of them. i did a GREP in /etc on roots real name (and added my last name to all occurences) and did the same to my login/user name. now i'm locked out of my BSD partitions! i get messages before the login prompt for each TCP service saying they will not be started because "root" doesn't exist. i guess that Kerberos stuff uses your REAL name when it encrypts or what ??? is there a fix? or have i really screwed myself? !!! i try to login as root - but my password doesn't work anymore ...
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