Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 15:08:49 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@logisticsoftware.co.nz> To: "Victor Y. Dominguez" <yoalli@kino.tij.uia.mx> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: passwd, root, single user problem! Message-ID: <20000126150849.B7540@jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001251239250.2141-100000@kino>; from yoalli@kino.tij.uia.mx on Tue, Jan 25, 2000 at 12:44:03PM -0800 References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001251239250.2141-100000@kino>
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On Tue, Jan 25, 2000 at 12:44:03PM -0800, Victor Y. Dominguez wrote:
>
> I just install Fbsd 3.4 on my pc. I change the root passwd after
> installation, but when was time to login it didn't let me. So then I boot
> as a single user and tried to change my passwd. But then I realized that I
> couldn't open any file. I get errors like this:
>
> #vipw
> vipw: /etc/pw.KaK119: Read-only file system
You need to do a:
mount -a
*before* your vipw
--
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Twice is coincidence.
Three times and Somebody Is Trying To Tell You Something.
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