Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 12:27:26 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Bill Beavers <bbeavers@Moonraker.afsc.k12.ar.us> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: blown install Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971104122616.29009B-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.971104092719.6035B-100000@Moonraker.afsc.k12.ar.us>
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On Tue, 4 Nov 1997, Bill Beavers wrote: > I decided last night that due to all my PPP problems, to just go ahead > and upgrade from 2.1.7 to 2.2.5. > > Everything was as smooth as silk until it got done and said you do not > have an rc.conf file and this is decidely irregular or something like > that and went on to say your system may act strangely. Well, strangely > is not exactly the word. When I rebooted, I get to a login prompt but > cannot log in as root, or anybody! Hm. I bet you forgot to install DES this time when you did last time. > Is this whole upgrade hosed? Do I have to start over with a new install > and trash all my previous files and setups? Boot with the -s option to get single user mode and run the following: mount -u / mount -a That will get your filesystems back. Then run `vipw' and make sure the password file is OK. Take a look at the passwords: if they don't start with $1$ you need to fetch & install the `des' distribution. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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