From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 20 12:46:13 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2918C106564A for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:46:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsam@ipt.ru) Received: from services.ipt.ru (services.ipt.ru [194.62.233.110]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4E5B8FC0C for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:46:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsam@ipt.ru) Received: from [85.173.16.59] (helo=moosi) by services.ipt.ru with esmtpa (Exim 4.54 (FreeBSD)) id 1LPFze-000Oie-Uu; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:46:11 +0300 To: "Roy Stuivenberg" References: From: Boris Samorodov Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:45:38 +0300 In-Reply-To: (Roy Stuivenberg's message of "Tue\, 20 Jan 2009 09\:01\:37 +0000") Message-ID: <47622685@ipt.ru> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.3 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: unable to logon after updating ports collection - Freebsd 7.1 stable X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:46:13 -0000 "Roy Stuivenberg" 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