Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 10:19:18 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz> To: Brad Watts <bwatts@corp.attcanada.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Xwrapper Problem - Not able to log in due to corrupt /usr partiti on Message-ID: <20010221101918.A3337@itouchnz.itouch> In-Reply-To: <051686CF5E6CD211B8FC00A0C9D4CF4505C20DE9@exmail.corp.netcom.ca>; from bwatts@corp.attcanada.ca on Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 04:13:04PM -0500 References: <051686CF5E6CD211B8FC00A0C9D4CF4505C20DE9@exmail.corp.netcom.ca>
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On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 04:13:04PM -0500, Brad Watts wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I have recently ufs mounted a new disk to my machine and ran dump, restore
> in the following fashion:
>
> mount /dev/ad1s1a /mnt
> dump 0af - /usr |(cd /mnt/usr;restore xf -)
>
> I edited /etc/fstab and changed the original /usr partition to point to my
> newly imaged disk. After rebooting, I am unable to login through the
> Xwrapper I installed. All users (even root) are listed in .Xauthority to
> point to Window Maker. There is obviously something wrong with Window Maker
> (the soft link to etc....) and as such I am unable to login. After entering
> a correct user name and password at the Xwrapper prompt, the screen flickers
> a bit and then goes back to a login prompt. My system is able to identify
> invalid users / passwords. All I want to do is get a shell prompt so that I
> can re-edit /etc/fstab and point the /usr partition to my original disk,
> which was left untouched. What can I do?? Ahhh....
At the console Ctrl-Alt-F1 should get you to a getty which will let you
login as root. Alternative reboot into single-user, and fix up your
/etc/fstab file.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>
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