From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 14 11:24:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA03195 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 11:24:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA02973 for ; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 18:23:24 GMT (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id LAA01633; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 11:23:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 11:23:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: ETX-B-SL Martti Kuparinen cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: invalid password in single-user mode In-Reply-To: <199804140757.JAA03069@kk662.kk.etx.ericsson.se> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 14 Apr 1998, ETX-B-SL Martti Kuparinen wrote: > Doug White wrote: > > > Hm, time for plan C. Make an install boot floppy and fixit floppy (or > > CD), then boot the boot floppy and select `Fixit' from the menu. You > > Yes, I did that. But it means I have to reboot, i.e. I can't use > "shutdown now" to go to single-user mode and then press ^D to go back > to normal operation. > > Should I write PR of this? No, you should fix your system. Why do you need to drop to single user so much? I haven't done it in a couple of years on my workstation, and that's through two system upgrades. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message