Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 21:42:41 -0500 From: Jim Durham <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> To: "A. Radovanovic" <radova@risc6.unisa.ac.za> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help - can't login Message-ID: <32ED67A1.446B9B3D@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> References: <9701261744.AA27426@risc6.unisa.ac.za>
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A. Radovanovic wrote: > > My freebsd ran out of disk space in /. Unfortunately I rebooted the > system and now I can't get in - no username or password are accepted. > If I boot in a single user mode, the file system is mounted as a read > only and I can't do anything with the passwd file. > > Is there any way to get in and repair the damage? > Wow..finally a question I can answer! I too have done this deed... You need to mount your root partion with "/". This will make the file system read/write. As in, "mount /dev/wd0a / " . regards, Jim Durham
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