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Date:      Thu, 15 Jan 1998 01:31:02 -0500 (EST)
From:      "Joe \"Marcus\" Clarke" <jmcla@ocala.cs.miami.edu>
To:        Francis Vidal <francis@cody.usls.edu>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: URGENT: login failed
Message-ID:  <Pine.SGI.3.96.980115012957.10765A-100000@ocala.cs.miami.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980115135100.13205A-100000@cody.usls.edu>

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Start the computer up in single user mode (at the boot: prompt, type
-s).  Then, mount /usr, and change the ownership of /usr/bin/login.
Then reboot.

Joe Clarke

On Thu, 15 Jan 1998, Francis Vidal wrote:

> hello everyone!
> 
> i accidentally changed the ownership of the program `login' from root.bin
> to bin.bin :I how do i fix this problem since i could not login to the
> machine?
> 
> thanks!
> 
> ---
> francis vidal | usls.NET | university of st. la salle, bacolod city, PH
> PGP key available at ftp://ftp.usls.edu/pub/pgpkeys/francis.pgp
> "birds of the same feathers are birds!" - rhoderick samonte's class
> 




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