From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 25 18: 9:49 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from logisticsoftware.co.nz (logisticsoftware.co.nz [202.37.163.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0E1414E29 for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2000 18:09:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jonc@logisticsoftware.co.nz) Received: from jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz (jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz [10.1.3.1]) by logisticsoftware.co.nz (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA00211; Wed, 26 Jan 2000 15:08:49 +1300 (NZDT) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz (8.9.3/8.9.3) id PAA07886; Wed, 26 Jan 2000 15:08:49 +1300 (NZDT) (envelope-from jonc) Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 15:08:49 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen To: "Victor Y. Dominguez" Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: passwd, root, single user problem! Message-ID: <20000126150849.B7540@jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: ; from yoalli@kino.tij.uia.mx on Tue, Jan 25, 2000 at 12:44:03PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 -- Jonathan Chen Once is dumb luck. Twice is coincidence. Three times and Somebody Is Trying To Tell You Something. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message