Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 19:33:45 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "Douglas C. Garrick" <dcg@panther.pacificorp.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I blew it bad! Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970226193216.8482N-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <9702261849.AA11821@panther>
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On Wed, 26 Feb 1997, Douglas C. Garrick wrote: > Well I apparently dropped a quotation mark while editing /etc/sysconfig > yesterday. Because now, when the machine boots it hits the error in > /etc/sysconfig and bombs. It tells me to supply the root password or ^D > to boot multiuser. How wierd. Exactly where does it die, and with what error? > Problem... I have never NEVER supplied a root password. And I sure > can't rememer changing the console to insecure in /etc/ttys. Then there is no password; just hit <return> and carry on. Do you have to enter a pw when you su? > Is there a way to boot and bypass /etc/sysconfig? If not how can I use > a fixit floppy to mount /dev/sd01a and vi the /mnt/etc/sysconfig? Or is > there some other way to boot to single user and fix the /etc/sysconfig? > Or is there some secret password recovery scheme that I can use to find > a nonexistant password? Put -s on the Boot: prompt. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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