Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:31:51 -0700 (PDT) From: KAYVEN RIESE <kayve@sfsu.edu> To: Andrei Kolu <antik@bsd.ee> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't jump to superuser after buildwerld Message-ID: <Pine.SOC.4.64.0704181728270.8525@libra.sfsu.edu> In-Reply-To: <200704181120.47269.antik@bsd.ee> References: <20070403020736.8549C241BF@freebsd-stable.sentex.ca> <1175804482.46155a4211b0f@webmail.sfsu.edu> <Pine.SOC.4.64.0704172311470.9790@libra.sfsu.edu> <200704181120.47269.antik@bsd.ee>
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how in the werld did i manage to remove myself from wheel. i just ran mergemaster -p is there any documentation for that command that would explain the complex nonsense .. well.. maybe i just freeked out. still.. i followed instructions.. granted somebody told me a different procedure (that i posted and was editited out from below) and it made mergemaster -p act in a way that i didn't feel prepared for. right now.. as i explained in the other posting, i didn't really follow all the instructions on the makewerld page given below.. but i am a bit afraid to just jump in the middle somewhere.. hrm.. i guess starting from the beginning might be right but.. ooo.. i am getting that stomache ache agin. btw.. i dropped to single user mode, vi'ed /etc/group according to the instruction and i am now able to jump to root again. thx a bunch for that! On Wed, 18 Apr 2007, Andrei Kolu wrote: > On Wednesday 18 April 2007 09:26, KAYVEN RIESE wrote: >> okay. i am getting a serious stomach ache. i am looking at this page: >> >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html >> >> and my head is spinning. i don't feel good. i am halfway thru doing >> something or other sorta the wrong way. right now i got a prompt.. i >> am running xfce4, but i can't jump to superuser. i push the button >> and the laptop shuts down when i want it to. the thing is when >> i did mergemaster -p i got into big problems i don't understand why. >> this guy told me how to do vipw like this: >> >> TeRReF: >> In single user mode: >> >> mount -a >> /usr/sbin/vipw >> >> then use this inside vipw: >> :wq >> >> That should do it... >> >> that helped a lot.. umm.. i felt stupid i guess. i have been using vi for >> 20 years.. but still.. i really needed this. i feel i need something like >> this for mergemaster - p or whatever step i should start from. i am >> sorry for being so stupid. >> > Looks like you overwrote your /etc/group file and removed yourself from wheel > group. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > wheel:*:0:root,yourname > ........ > operator:*:5:root,yourname > ----------------------------------------------------------- > So be more careful next time you update your base system. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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