From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 5 11:32:14 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA01486 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 5 Nov 1997 11:32:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from smtp04.primenet.com (smtp04.primenet.com [206.165.5.85]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA01476 for ; Wed, 5 Nov 1997 11:32:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bkogawa@primenet.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp04.primenet.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA05333; Wed, 5 Nov 1997 12:31:42 -0700 (MST) Received: from mailhost01.primenet.com(206.165.5.52), claiming to be "primenet.com" via SMTP by smtp04.primenet.com, id smtpd005302; Wed Nov 5 12:31:39 1997 Received: from foo.primenet.com (ip194.sjc.primenet.com [206.165.96.194]) by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA26045; Wed, 5 Nov 1997 12:31:20 -0700 (MST) Received: (from bkogawa@localhost) by foo.primenet.com (8.8.6/8.8.6) id KAA09626; Wed, 5 Nov 1997 10:41:41 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 10:41:41 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199711051841.KAA09626@foo.primenet.com> To: Bill Beavers Subject: Re: blown install Newsgroups: localhost.freebsd.questions References: <8787499860022260000> From: "Bryan K. Ogawa" Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #1 (NOV) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >On Tue, 4 Nov 1997, Bill Beavers wrote: >> Is this whole upgrade hosed? Do I have to start over with a new install >> and trash all my previous files and setups? In general, no. I'm guessing you need a manual /etc upgrade. Someone mentioned where the old /etc files go -- you can look there. >> Or is there some magic that can get me in so that I can login as root and >> get my /etc/group file fixed back up? at the boot prompt (the one where you enter -c or -v to config), enter -s to boot single user. Choose your shell, then mount your / and /usr file systems read write (this is important). Edit the appropriate files, then quit the shell to go back to multiuser mode. -- bryan k ogawa http://www.primenet.com/~bkogawa/