Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 12:21:58 -0600 (CST) From: Karl Denninger <karl@Mcs.Net> To: radova@risc6.unisa.ac.za (A. Radovanovic) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help - can't login Message-ID: <199701261821.MAA01165@Mercury.mcs.net> In-Reply-To: <9701261744.AA27426@risc6.unisa.ac.za> from "A. Radovanovic" at Jan 26, 97 07:44:13 pm
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> > My freebsd ran out of disk space in /. Unfortunately I rebooted the > system and now I can't get in - no username or password are accepted. > If I boot in a single user mode, the file system is mounted as a read > only and I can't do anything with the passwd file. > > Is there any way to get in and repair the damage? > > Alex > Boot single-user. Type "fsck -p" Wait. IF AND ONLY IF ALL FILESYSTEMS CHECK CLEAN: mount -vat ufs This should mount all filesystems on local disks, including remounting root as read/write. Then you should be able to have at it. -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - The Finest Internet Connectivity http://www.mcs.net/~karl | T1's from $600 monthly to FULL DS-3 Service | 99 Analog numbers, 77 ISDN, Web servers $75/mo Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1 x219]| Email to "info@mcs.net" WWW: http://www.mcs.net/ Fax: [+1 312 248-9865] | 2 FULL DS-3 Internet links; 400Mbps B/W Internal
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