Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 15:13:10 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Phumichit Saeueng <b40phs@ku.ac.th> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Question Message-ID: <19970914151310.37318@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.96.970914113051.10096B-100000@nontri.ku.ac.th>; from Phumichit Saeueng on Sun, Sep 14, 1997 at 11:41:54AM %2B0700 References: <Pine.SOL.3.96.970914113051.10096B-100000@nontri.ku.ac.th>
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On Sun, Sep 14, 1997 at 11:41:54AM +0700, Phumichit Saeueng wrote: > To freebsd-questions > Sometime the power gone out. If someone change passwd > before power gone out for a few time. When the system boot up > again. I (root) cannot login. And Cannot doing anything. And > I cannot change anything (everyone cannot login) I think I lost > my password system. because the system gone down without > shutdown. Boot in single-user mode: Boot: -s This doesn't need a password. When you get the single-user prompt, you can change it to something you know. > when I boot my machine in single mode > Can I boot into my system in writeable mode in / directory?? In order to get it writeable, you must run: # mount -u / If it refuses, you may first need to run fsck: # fsck -y / > How can I resolve this problem without buy a new UPS. Well, it looks like a UPS might be a good idea anyway :-) Greg
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