From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 13 9:45:44 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from linuxmail.touchtunes.com (operator.touchtunes.com [216.94.139.201]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C388C37B405 for ; Wed, 13 Mar 2002 09:45:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from sunder.touchtunes.com (sunder.touchtunes.com [192.168.0.26]) by linuxmail.touchtunes.com (8.9.3/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA07546; Wed, 13 Mar 2002 12:45:50 -0500 Received: (from dinjo@localhost) by sunder.touchtunes.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g2DHjKa56517; Wed, 13 Mar 2002 12:45:20 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from dinjo) Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 12:45:20 -0500 From: Joel Dinel To: FreeBSD Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: root Error Message-ID: <20020313124520.A56436@sunder.touchtunes.com> Mail-Followup-To: Joel Dinel , FreeBSD , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <00c101c1cab5$a65d7ac0$29821304@crashbox> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <00c101c1cab5$a65d7ac0$29821304@crashbox>; from freebsd@datalinkwireless.com on Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 12:36:46PM -0500 X-Useless-Header: Look ma, it's a # sign! X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG vipw. Make sure that whatever partition contains '/usr/sbin' is mounted. On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 12:36:46PM -0500, FreeBSD wrote: > From: "FreeBSD" > To: "Free BSD Questions" > Subject: Re: root Error > Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 12:36:46 -0500 > X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 > X-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.0 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_IN_OSIRUSOFT_COM version=2.11 > > Ok I booted into single user mode and I am trying to edit the "paswwd" file, > but what editor can I use, I tried vi and ee and they both don't work. > > I am also using the /bin/sh shell, incase that helps. > > I also tried to reinstall csh and the files aren't there. > > I would like to once again thank everyone for their help. > > Kevin Aug > -Web Designer > http://www.datalinkny.com > http://www.datalinkwireless.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ---end quoted text--- -- Joel Dinel System Administrator TouchTunes Digital Jukebox, Inc. GnuPG key : http://darkhost.mine.nu:81/~joel/misc/mykey.asc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message