Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 14:55:11 +0100 From: Grzegorz Czaplinski <gregory@prioris.mini.pw.edu.pl> To: rmichalski@enwin.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Unable to root due to invalid shell Message-ID: <20010125145510.A46613@prioris.mini.pw.edu.pl> In-Reply-To: <852569DE.00591D70.00@alcor.wuc.on.ca> References: <852569DE.00591D70.00@alcor.wuc.on.ca>
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On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 11:13:21AM -0500, rmichalski@enwin.com wrote: > > > Thanks for answering so quickly. I tried what you said and the file system > is being mounted, but when I try to use ed to edit the /etc/passwd file I > get a 'read-only file system' error for '/tmp/ed.a989d' <-- something > similar to that. It looks like its just trying to create a temporary file > but it's not allowed to. I can't use vi, it says it can't find it. Have > you run into something like this before? > > Why don't you use vipw. This program is especially dedicated for editing /etc/master.passwd . Just type vipw as root. You cannot edit /etc/passwd as a normal user, have a look at the rights: -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 35800 Jan 25 09:03 passwd And one more thing, any changes made to /etc/passwd don't take effect. Hope this will help. -gregory -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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