From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Oct 21 06:26:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA16154 for freebsd-bugs-outgoing; Wed, 21 Oct 1998 06:26:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from peak.mountin.net (peak.mountin.net [207.227.119.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA16125 for ; Wed, 21 Oct 1998 06:26:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jeff-ml@mountin.net) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by peak.mountin.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) id IAA20873; Wed, 21 Oct 1998 08:25:56 -0500 (CDT) Received: from harkol-51.isdn.mke.execpc.com(169.207.64.179) by peak.mountin.net via smap (V1.3) id sma020871; Wed Oct 21 08:25:28 1998 Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19981021082127.0105af18@207.227.119.2> X-Sender: jeff-ml@207.227.119.2 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 08:21:27 -0500 To: Joey Hofstede , freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" Subject: Re: Upgrade to version 3.0 In-Reply-To: <362D6E39.E56B2928@xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 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