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Date:      Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:45:59 +0300
From:      "Reko Turja" <reko.turja@liukuma.net>
To:        "Jakub Lach" <jakub_lach@mailplus.pl>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Nasty reference loop in login.conf
Message-ID:  <66A1E803E2F9438B85C65B3783D9FD7E@Rivendell>
In-Reply-To: <1342542757760-5727668.post@n5.nabble.com>
References:  <1342542757760-5727668.post@n5.nabble.com>

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-----Original Message----- 
From: Jakub Lach

> Moreover I'm afraid to power down machine, as
> currently I'm logged as wheel group user, and I'm not
> sure if change from :passwd_format=md5:\
> to :passwd_format=sha512:\ didn't complicate it further...

> Currently all my solutions would require to power down
> machine, which I'm afraid to do frankly.

> 1. Hope I can still log in single user mode and correct
> /etc/login.conf? I'm afraid of md5 -> sha512 change.

> 2. Use some LiveCD and correct login.conf, then run
> /usr/bin/cap_mkdb .

Killing init - means that you drop to singleuser mode
kill -TERM 1

End result may depend on whether or not your singleuser mode is password 
protected.

-Reko 




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