From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 9 22:55:50 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9C0816A468 for ; Mon, 9 Jul 2007 22:55:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jnatola@familycareintl.org) Received: from mail.familycareintl.org (mail.familycareintl.org [68.167.21.154]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AC5813C448 for ; Mon, 9 Jul 2007 22:55:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jnatola@familycareintl.org) Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 18:55:49 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID: <3A85D7EF44E1C744BF6434691F5659E9702CFF@www.fcimail.org> In-Reply-To: Content-class: urn:content-classes:message X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: password failure- after mergmaster Thread-Index: AcfCe7Xh49aS4SSWTxCDwlOYvR/7rgAAB6+g From: "Jean-Paul Natola" To: Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: password failure- after mergmaster X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2007 22:55:50 -0000 On 09/07/07, Jean-Paul Natola wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 01:29:44PM -0700, Chuck Swiger wrote: > > On Jul 9, 2007, at 1:25 PM, Peter Boosten wrote: > > > > > >Having read this I must admit that it's a complete mystery to me = why > > >mergemaster would touch your password file at all... > > > > Because sometimes new versions of the OS come with new built-in user > > accounts, which need to be added to the existing passwd or groups > > databases somehow? > > Yes, exactly. Have to *merge* the changes into /etc/master.passwd = rather > than brute force overwrite. > > Notice the difference from my first post in this thread, the file = which > was clobbered is /etc/master.passwd, not just /etc/passwd which is a > dummy > > > I'M DONE now- now I cant even boot into safe or single user mode > > It keeps asking me to enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for = /bin/sh > > I hit enter and I see the same message again , and again , and again = and > again Try typing /rescue/sh --=20 -- I'll try that in the am- I am just about finished configuring a new = server ( well a replacement drive in the box)- since I have all my important = info;=20 Config files cf files etc.. saved, I should be done pretty soon. But I will definitely try your method just to satisfy my curiosity