Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2007 22:25:10 +0200 From: Peter Boosten <peter@boosten.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: password failure- after mergmaster Message-ID: <469299A6.4090006@boosten.org> In-Reply-To: <20070709201750.GA66218@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> References: <3A85D7EF44E1C744BF6434691F5659E9702CFD@www.fcimail.org> <20070709201750.GA66218@Grumpy.DynDNS.org>
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David Kelly wrote: > On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 04:06:01PM -0400, Jean-Paul Natola wrote: >> OOOPSS- >> >> I got mergemaster to run- but now that the system restarted the root password >> and my password are invalid- >> >> I can ONLY start in single user mode- > > You let mergemaster clobber the password file. > > So in single user, "mount -a", then use vipw to recreate your accounts > in the password database. On exit from vipw use passwd to set the > passwords. > Having read this I must admit that it's a complete mystery to me why mergemaster would touch your password file at all... /me puzzled... Peter -- http://www.boosten.org
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