Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 15:17:50 -0500 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: Jean-Paul Natola <jnatola@familycareintl.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: password failure- after mergmaster Message-ID: <20070709201750.GA66218@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> In-Reply-To: <3A85D7EF44E1C744BF6434691F5659E9702CFD@www.fcimail.org> References: <3A85D7EF44E1C744BF6434691F5659E9702CFD@www.fcimail.org>
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On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 04:06:01PM -0400, Jean-Paul Natola wrote: > OOOPSS- > > I got mergemaster to run- but now that the system restarted the root password > and my password are invalid- > > I can ONLY start in single user mode- You let mergemaster clobber the password file. So in single user, "mount -a", then use vipw to recreate your accounts in the password database. On exit from vipw use passwd to set the passwords. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net ======================================================================== Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.
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