Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 18:23:34 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: bill slaybaugh <slay3241@bright.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: flaky single user boot Message-ID: <13381.940263814@axl.noc.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 18 Oct 1999 10:36:01 -0400." <380B3051.B65B5BDC@bright.net>
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On Mon, 18 Oct 1999 10:36:01 -0400, bill slaybaugh wrote: > I got up to the point of running 'passwd root' but then got: > 'passwd: error opening database: /etc/pwd.db.: No such file' etc. > I really did not forget my root password, but something did > happen to *.db files under /etc. Yeah, that was your original problem, which I assumed you'd know how to fix once you were into the system. Sorry about that. :-) Okay, this ought to rebuild your pwd.db and spwd.db files, assuming you still have the master.passwd file: cd /etc pwd_mkdb master.passwd If you _don't_ still have a master.passwd file, you may have a backup copy in /var/backups. Good luck! Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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