Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 13:37:04 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Alan Chan <alanux@excite.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: login problems due to ttys Message-ID: <20000325133704.K21029@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <11608470.954017780178.JavaMail.imail@ants.excite.com>; from alanux@excite.com on Sat, Mar 25, 2000 at 12:56:20PM -0800 References: <11608470.954017780178.JavaMail.imail@ants.excite.com>
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* Alan Chan <alanux@excite.com> [000325 13:24] wrote: > Hi, > > I mistakenly changed my /etc/ttys files as being "insecure". Every lines in > the file have been changed to "insecure" (i.e. console, ttyv0, ttyv1, etc.). > Now I can't log in because of this mistake. What can i do to fix it that > enable me to log in? Any comments and suggestions are appreciated. As long as you have the root password, you ought to be able to log in via single user mode. Hit spacebar during the loader countdown, then type "boot -s" and hit enter. best of luck, -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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