Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 09:54:32 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: JP <planoprez@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't Login at the Console on FreeBSD 6.0 Release Message-ID: <44mz3oog2f.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <309787.35551.qm@web33608.mail.mud.yahoo.com> (JP's message of "Tue, 6 Feb 2007 14:07:43 -0800 (PST)") References: <309787.35551.qm@web33608.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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JP <planoprez@yahoo.com> writes: > So I'm not quite sure what happened here, someone with root access, > who probably shouldn't have had it managed to make a mess of things. > He claims he was trying to install source files and on reboot he > could no longer login to the system. I am able to boot into single > user mode, I see that login is core-dumping on signal 11 and as such > I can't login to the box. Ftp, SSH, and other services are not > responsive and don't even attempt to allow me to login remotely. > > I'd like to be able to login at the console, and be able to FTP into > the box so I can pull everything down and do a fresh install. Any > suggesitons on how to do this? I already did a passwd root and > created a new password thinking it would fix things, but it didn't. > At the console, it just asks for Login, and then password and then > keeps looping if though I am putting in the right information. If it were my machine to fix, I would start with a binary "upgrade" off of CD.
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