Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 18:55:49 -0400 From: "Jean-Paul Natola" <jnatola@familycareintl.org> To: <illoai@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: password failure- after mergmaster Message-ID: <3A85D7EF44E1C744BF6434691F5659E9702CFF@www.fcimail.org> In-Reply-To: <d7195cff0707091551i29ebe13dv77b49b92d52dfef5@mail.gmail.com>
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On 09/07/07, Jean-Paul Natola <jnatola@familycareintl.org> 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
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