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Date:      Wed, 20 Jan 1999 15:59:37 -0500 (EST)
From:      Dan Swartzendruber <druber@kersur.net>
To:        "Scott I. Remick" <scott@computeralt.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Passwords don't work after 2.2.7 -> 2.2.8
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.990120155850.7315A-100000@mail.kersur.net>
In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990120154726.03056120@mail.computeralt.com>

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On Wed, 20 Jan 1999, Scott I. Remick wrote:

> I had a clean 2.2.7-RELEASE that I had installed to play with but not done
> anything with since installing.  I performed an upgrade to 2.2.8 but once I
> had done that, I could not log in with either root or my username.  I went
> into single-user and checked /etc/master.passwd and it seemed intact.  I
> just used passwd while in single-user to fix the passwords but this has me
> nervous, because I have an important 2.2.2-RELEASE that I want to upgrade
> and I can't be doing this for all THOSE users.  Any ideas as to what might
> have happened?

Maybe you got changed from DES to the other?  Or vice-versa?  I seem to
remember having been bitten this way once...




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