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Date:      Wed, 13 Mar 2002 18:59:41 +0100
From:      Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@mobil.cz>
To:        Free BSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: root Error
Message-ID:  <20020313175941.GJ68827@roman.mobil.cz>
In-Reply-To: <00c101c1cab5$a65d7ac0$29821304@crashbox>
References:  <LOEJICFDGCPPJOMJCJKDKEFACIAA.bas@kompas-media.nl> <00c101c1cab5$a65d7ac0$29821304@crashbox>

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> From: "FreeBSD" <freebsd@datalinkwireless.com>
> To: "Free BSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
> Subject: Re: root Error
> Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 12:36:46 -0500
> 
> 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.

    vi is in /usr/bin, and I don't think /usr is mounted in single user.
    do this:
    mount -a -t ufs
    you should have all ufs filesystems mounted now, which will give you
    access to vi.

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