Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 10:09:12 +0100 (MET) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD hackers) Subject: Re: 2.1.0-950928-SNAP now available for testing Message-ID: <199510030909.KAA02773@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <28990.812682314@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Oct 2, 95 06:05:14 pm
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As Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > o a non-null spwd.db file (containing at least the root entry, so > > rsh/rcp/rdump/rrestore would work) > > Hmmmm. Well, I've used the default spwd.db from the distribution, > I assume that at least has root in it. It's 40K. Yeah, that's ok. Last time i've been checking, the .db file has been created by a "touch spwd.db" only. > > o the ps(1) command was entirely useless (no /dev/kmem, no kernel > > with a symbol table around) > > What ps command? I don't have that on the fixit floppy! Hmmmm. It's been there on my last fixit floppy. Anyway, ps(1) is something useful. I'd go for a cut-down version, based on procfs. It's hard to figure out which process to kill if you cannot get a list of them. :) The current approach for the fixit floppy seems to be fine for me! (the two-floppy set) -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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