Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:45:38 +0300 From: Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> To: "Roy Stuivenberg" <roys1012@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: unable to logon after updating ports collection - Freebsd 7.1 stable Message-ID: <47622685@ipt.ru> In-Reply-To: <b9079c480901200101j115a22c1of508ecc999aae69b@mail.gmail.com> (Roy Stuivenberg's message of "Tue\, 20 Jan 2009 09\:01\:37 %2B0000") References: <b9079c480901200101j115a22c1of508ecc999aae69b@mail.gmail.com>
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"Roy Stuivenberg" <roys1012@gmail.com> writes: > After I completed my Freebsd 7.1 stable, and updated all the ports, I got > prompted with another logonscreen. > Whatever I try, I can't login with my useraccount and even not logon as > root. > This happened severall times now, the only way was to reinstall everything, > and I was hoping to resolve this by completly finish upgrading the ports. > And .. again the same problem. > I'm really hoping to get some answers that will solve this problem, maybe > someone had to deal with this issue before ?? > I will not give up, because Freebsd stole my heart. The problem has nothing to do with ports. To restore your root/user logins: . boot into single user mode; . set a new root password; . set a new user password; . boot into multiuser mode; . login and have fun. WBR -- bsam
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