Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 00:02:27 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: Nathan Ahlstrom <nrahlstr@winternet.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is FIXIT broken? Message-ID: <19990211000227.E791@localhost> In-Reply-To: <19990210173630.A16558@winternet.com>; from Nathan Ahlstrom on Wed, Feb 10, 1999 at 05:36:30PM -0600 References: <19990210232148.B686@localhost> <19990210173630.A16558@winternet.com>
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On Wed, Feb 10, 1999 at 05:36:30PM -0600, Nathan Ahlstrom wrote: > Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> wrote: > > This evening I trashed my password file (it was my own stupid > > fault!). Anyway, I shutdown and brought the system up single user, > > mounted all the filesystems and the 2nd CD, started /stand/sysinstall, > > and selected FIXIT but at the option screen (CD, floppy, holographic > > shell) none of the options worked. When I selected any of them all > > that happened was that the HD LED flashed. That was it. Nothing. > > > > I got round the problem by cp'ing ``passwd'' and ``master.passwd'' > > from the CD to /etc and running ``pwd_mkdb'', then ``vipw'' to add the > > other users, but why didn't FIXIT work? Is this a bug (if so it's > > pretty serious)?. > > Sorry to be an ass, but which RELEASE? > Sorry, 2.2.8 from the CDs. > Thanks. > > Nathan > > -- > > Nathan Ahlstrom > nrahlstr@winternet.com > http://www.FreeBSD.org/ > -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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