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Date:      Sun, 6 Jan 2019 11:53:08 -0800
From:      Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com>
To:        White Wizard <white-wizard@ovh.fr>,  "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: config files break after mergemaster -Ui
Message-ID:  <20190106195250.CBB4F3438@spqr.komquats.com>

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Oliver Pinter suggested looking in /var/db/backup.

We know group is toast, you told us. Based on one of your paragraphs, passw=
d might also be toasted. What else has been damaged?

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Cy Schubert
<Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> or <cy@freebsd.org>
The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few.
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-----Original Message-----
From: White Wizard
Sent: 06/01/2019 10:49
To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: config files break after mergemaster -Ui

Le dimanche 06 janvier 2019 =C3=A0 09:30 -0800, Cy Schubert a =C3=A9crit :=
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> In message <f265637965226ad0ac008c5c05fcfc78643c7b89.camel@ovh.fr>, =0A=
> White Wizard writes:=0A=
> > How can i re-install d=C3=83=C2=A9fault config files ? Now i just singl=
e=0A=
> > user's=0A=
> > access. When i try to login root, before pass's ask the system say=0A=
> > me=0A=
> > invalid login...=0A=
> =0A=
> Sounds like /etc/passwd also got hosed.=0A=
> =0A=
> While single user, try the -s option of mergemaster. This compares=0A=
> each =0A=
> file line by line instead of the SVN revision number.=0A=
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my /usr/src is empty ?!?=0A=
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> This assumes that /etc actually exists and assumes that your root =0A=
> filesystem is, except for this, generally ok. It's suggested that=0A=
> you =0A=
> ascertain the state of the filesystem first and nothing else is=0A=
> missing =0A=
> or damaged before attempting any further recovery.=0A=
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can you explain better ?=0A=
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Cheers,=0A=
White Wizard.=0A=
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