Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 10:06:14 -0700 (PDT) From: KAYVEN RIESE <kayve@sfsu.edu> To: doug@safeport.com Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: single user mode buildwerld failures Message-ID: <Pine.SOC.4.64.0704041006060.15464@libra.sfsu.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOC.4.64.0704040959490.15464@libra.sfsu.edu> References: <20070403020736.8549C241BF@freebsd-stable.sentex.ca> <Pine.SOC.4.64.0704040855350.15464@libra.sfsu.edu> <20070404125452.M18358@fledge.watson.org> <Pine.SOC.4.64.0704040959490.15464@libra.sfsu.edu>
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there were so many steps they didn't seem obvious.. i got halfway thru and realized i was in some prompt for mergemaster -p, or so i thought, so i started over. i had no idea what was happening. i can't log on now. /etc/passwd is gone. i used a freeBSD disk that is certainly old to go to a fixit shell but i didn't know what to do. i can go back to the fixit shell if somebody tells me what to do but i have to *#@&ing walk over to kinkos now to get on the internet. On Wed, 4 Apr 2007, KAYVEN RIESE wrote: > > i don't know what all the prompts where because i was in single user mode. > i need diagnostic advice > > There should be a backup of your old /etc dir here: > > /var/tmp/etc > > Boot in single user mode, do a > mount -a > > and copy the backup passwd file to /etc > > > This should enable you to login again. There is a but... > > There might have been changes made during the buildworld process, obviously, > those are missing in the backup file. Make sure all your programs are running > as expected... > > i found a passwd file in /var/tmp/etc and moved it to what i thought should > be the correct place, > but i still couldn't log in > > On Wed, 4 Apr 2007, doug wrote: > >> On Wed, 4 Apr 2007, KAYVEN RIESE wrote: >> >>> >>> i didn't know what was happening when i dropped to single user >>> mode i got all these different prompts and i didn't know how >>> to answer the questions. i have posted information on >>> experts exchange: >>> >>> http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Unix/BSD/FreeBSD/Q_22484972.html >>> >>> http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Unix/BSD/FreeBSD/Q_22483843.html >>> >>> http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/System_Utilities/Diagnostics/Q_22470294.html >>> >>> currently, i feel i have found my /etc/passwd and restored it to the >>> proper location, but i still can't log on to my computer >>> _______________________________________________ >> Post what happened here. >> > _______________________________________________ > 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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