Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 23:17:27 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Judd Maltin <juddm@netvision.net.il> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: root shell Permission Denied :( Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971222231629.7705P-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199712212135.XAA20245@alpha.netvision.net.il>
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On Sun, 21 Dec 1997, Judd Maltin wrote: > Friends since February may remember the following message, but I, in my > unending stupidity and Unix newbieness and carelessness, DO NOT HAVE A > FIXIT DISK, NOR AN ACCOUNT TO su FROM. Do you have the root password? In that case, login as root directly and use vipw. If not: 1. Boot. Type -s at the Boot: prompt. 2. When prompted for your shell hit return. 3. use `vipw' to fix yourself. 4. reboot and all will be happy. 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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