From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 17 08:35:01 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA02328 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 17 Jan 1999 08:35:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sliver.eddie.silk.net (eddie.silk.net [204.244.76.245]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA02306 for ; Sun, 17 Jan 1999 08:34:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eddie@silk.net) Received: from localhost (eddie@localhost) by sliver.eddie.silk.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id IAA12957; Sun, 17 Jan 1999 08:44:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eddie@silk.net) X-Authentication-Warning: sliver.eddie.silk.net: eddie owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 08:44:29 -0800 (PST) From: Eddie Lawhead X-Sender: eddie@localhost To: sporkl@ix.netcom.com cc: fbsdqs Subject: Re: Passwords after upgrade In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello! How did you do the upgrade? /stand/sysinstall or from the source? It sounds like your password databases files were overwritten. If the accounts were still in /etc/passwd then this is almost definatly they case. Eddie H. Lawhead On Sun, 17 Jan 1999, Spike wrote: > > When I upgrade my 2.2.8 system to 3.0-RELEASE ELF, the system > rebooted and gave me a login prompt (xdm didn't start because > GENERICupgrade didn't have enough ttyvs). When I tried to login as root or > spork, my only logins, it refused each time as if my password was > incorrect. I rebooted to single user mode, got logged in as root, and used > "passwd" to change my password. I then deleted user spork and remade it > with the same UID/GID so my home directory would still be mine. Then I > could login normally. Why didn't my passwords work when I upgraded? > > > -Spike Gronim > sporkl@ix.netcom.com > > > The majority only rules those who let them. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Eddie H. Lawhead FreeBSD: The Power To Serve Kelowna, BC, Canada http://www.FreeBSD.org eddie@silk.net http://www.Silk.net ---------------------------------------------------- | Silk Internet: Your Smooth Connection To The Net | ----------------------------------------------------- =-=-=-=-=-=-= Enriched, V-Card, HTML Messages > /dev/null =-=-=-=-=-=-= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message