Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2002 19:19:18 -0700 From: Desmond Lee <desmond.lee@shaw.ca> To: Darren Pilgrim <dmp@pantherdragon.org> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: RE: can no longer log into the machine :( Message-ID: <CMEMLGKEKMLLFOICILNMEEFKCBAA.desmond.lee@shaw.ca> In-Reply-To: <3D4DD8B8.2A8A6768@pantherdragon.org>
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Hi Darren Thanks for your reply. Yes, i think you're right. I've messed up the /etc/master.passwd and /etc/group files. I haven't run pwd_mkdb command yet, so i'll look in the /var/backups for the original master.passwd so that i can copy it back into the /etc/ directory. What do you mean when you say: " you may still be able to rebuild using /etc/passwd and /etc/spwd.db." How can i rebuild using the files mentioned above? I'm not sure what you mean when you say: "make sure you updating the CVS tags in those files. If master.passwd gets changed, you need to propagate those changes to the other password files by saying `pwd_mkdb -p /etc/master.passwd`" yes,... i know that backing up is important, i didn't know that you should run 'mergemaster -p' before you execute buildworld. The book i was reffering to didn't mention mergemaster untill after doing the 'make installworld' in the next section of the chapter. Some of the things you can't really learn from a book, you have to actual go out there and do it :( Anyways, i can't even log into the machine right now so i can't even try what you told me to do... do you have any suggestions? Also, is there any way i can resotre all the files from my /etc/ dir? Are the orignial /etc/* files in /var/backups so that i can just copy them back to /etc/? Thanks for your help and patience. Desmond To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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