From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Sep 1 17:49:41 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from topaz.mdcc.cx (topaz.mdcc.cx [212.204.230.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5F9937B408 for ; Sat, 1 Sep 2001 17:49:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from k7.mavetju.org (topaz.mdcc.cx [212.204.230.141]) by topaz.mdcc.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id D953F2B6A4; Sun, 2 Sep 2001 02:49:35 +0200 (CEST) Received: by k7.mavetju.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 5E0313B6; Sun, 2 Sep 2001 10:49:31 +1000 (EST) Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2001 10:49:31 +1000 From: Edwin Groothuis To: Deryck Madarang Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: help pls! Message-ID: <20010902104931.U29422@k7.mavetju.org> Mail-Followup-To: Edwin Groothuis , Deryck Madarang , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20010901235325.61033.qmail@web20409.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010901235325.61033.qmail@web20409.mail.yahoo.com>; from deryckus@yahoo.com on Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 04:53:25PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 04:53:25PM -0700, Deryck Madarang wrote: > Now I could not even log-in to our server (invalid > password msg). > > Am I screwed? Or is there a way to log back in and > rebuild what was lost? Boot in single-user mode and restore the old password files from your backup (or create them again with adduser (I think)). Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: ------------------+ http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message