Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 22:57:48 -0400 (EDT) From: "Geoffrey C. Speicher" <geoff@speicher.org> To: paul beard <paulbeard@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mergemaster has locked me out Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10204132250120.49166-100000@speicher.org> In-Reply-To: <3CB8E522.6090607@mac.com>
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On Sat, 13 Apr 2002, paul beard wrote: > I was doing a 'build makeworld/installworld' on a 4.5-STABLE box > and didn't pay attention to the mergemaster output, apparently. > Now I have an smmsp user but my UID is gone and root's password > has been changed. > > I'm guessing my only recourse is to boot as single user and reset, > but how to avoid this kind of nastiness? By paying attention to mergemaster next time. Looks like you installed the stock /etc/master.passwd rather than merging with your existing one. Your root password is probably empty now, and there should be a backup of your old master.passwd in /var/backups. Geoff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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