Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 08:21:27 -0500 From: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" <jeff-ml@mountin.net> To: Joey Hofstede <joey@xs4all.nl>, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Upgrade to version 3.0 Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19981021082127.0105af18@207.227.119.2> In-Reply-To: <362D6E39.E56B2928@xs4all.nl>
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At 07:16 AM 10/21/98 +0200, Joey Hofstede wrote: >Hello, > >Yesterday I tried to upgrade from 2.2.7 to 3.0 via FTP. wheeee! >OK, I did something not quiet right, I performed the upgrade within X. >But now, the morning after, I noticed that the upgrade was killed due to >'Out of swap space'. >OK, that can happen. BUT I restarted FreeBSD with <kernel.old> and when >the login prompt appears, suddenly I can login as root WITHOUT a >password?!?!?!?!?! > >There is always a good explanation, ..."new passwd was not written >yet...." >It is not a big deal, 'cause it was a test machine, I thought you should >now. This almost sounds like a fresh install and you didn't choose to go to the Options menu and set a password. Hmmm... This may not be a bug, but did you verify that /etc/master.passwd was not clobbered by the upgrade? Nevermind my musings above, but you did say the install did NOT complete, which means certain saved files from /etc (moved to /var/tmp/etc?) would not be restored. No offense to Jordan and others that work on the upgrade procedure, but my preference to fresh installs and not upgrade or cvsup's for major/point releases has grounds in security as well. Even so, you would be better to upgrade first the OS and then deal with X and ports/packages. Sure some things will break, but small steps are easier than large ones. Since it's a test machine, try again with a more simple upgrade and record any problems. Be thorough and either post the problem to -current or file a PR. Kudos for testing first. ;) Jeff Mountin - Unix Systems TCP/IP networking jeff@mountin.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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