Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 09:41:12 -0500 From: "Oleg Ogurok" <oleg@ogurok.com> To: "Joerg Kleinophorst" <joerg@dortmund.topnet.de>, <FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: cant login anymore Message-ID: <000a01be6fbb$09cab680$ba96d0d1@birch.ogurok.com> In-Reply-To: <36EE4CCC.DC557A66@dortmund.topnet.de>
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Type '-s' or 'boot -s' when boot prompt appears to boot in single-user mode. Then change your password files. You may need to remount your partition in Write mode, because it's in Read-only by default. Oleg Ogurok oleg@ogurok.com http://www.ogurok.com -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of Joerg Kleinophorst Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 1999 7:22 AM To: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: cant login anymore well, ive got the following problem: this is my first "real" installation of freebsd and ive definately wanted to use "bash" as my login shell as well as the login shell of root. so i changed it in /etc/master.passwd and ran pwd_mkdb /etc/master.passwd. well, but it seems, that i somehow mispelled the path to bash. now i cant login anymore (sounds something like a darwin-award, but hey, im still alive). that was the problem, now to the question: how do i mount my root partition (it is label wd0s1a) after booting into the fixit shell, so that i am able to modify my /etc/master.passwd again and to (hopefully) run pwd_mkdb again? it would be nice to receive a personal reply, cause im not subscribed (yet). well, hope to hear soon, joerg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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