Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 02:07:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Shawn Ramsey <shawn@luke.cpl.net> To: Doug Lo <jwlo@ms11.hinet.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: **URGENT** Upgrading 2.2.5-R problem,somebody help me,please. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.971025020517.25790A-100000@luke.cpl.net> In-Reply-To: <3451A9EA.9F4544CE@ms11.hinet.net>
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> Hi, FreeBSD gurus, > > Today I upgrade 2.2.5-Release from 2.2.2-Release on my machine. > The following procedures that I upgrade it: > 1. Make and boot floppy disk. > 2. Backup /etc directory. > 3. Boot from floppy disk and select 'upgrade' option. > 4. Mount my original filesystems and NOT newfs them. > 5. Select distributions(just /BIN) > 6. It copies lastest /etc directory all files to /etc/upgrade directory. > > 7. Exit install menu and reboot. > > When I reboot, the problem is I CAN'T use 'root' or any user from login, > seems these > passwords not right, and it appears login failed. > I try to boot 'single user mode', I check my original /etc directory > files are the same, > because the the lastest file move to /etc/upgrade directory. > So why I can't use 'root' or any user accounts that I've created. > Would anyone know how to solve this "serious issue"(for me), PLEASE > tell me. Just a guess, but you may want to try rebuilding the user database : /usr/sbin/pwd_mkdb /etc/master.passwd You may need to mount your filesystem as read write : mount -o rw /dev/device-name
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