Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 17:16:48 +0000 (GMT) From: =?iso-8859-7?q?Dimitri=20T?= <midiostri@yahoo.co.uk> To: questions@freebsd.org Cc: Doug Reynolds <mav@wastegate.net> Subject: Re: the door is closed! Message-ID: <20011214171648.45979.qmail@web14701.mail.yahoo.com>
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thanks to all who replied.. the first reply (edwin's) put me directly back in business for i did remember to mount /usr but had forgot to mount / :( thanks again ppl ur great :) dimitri --- Doug Reynolds <mav@wastegate.net> έγραψε: > On Wed, 12 Dec 2001 11:30:27 -0800, Kevin Oberman > wrote: > > >> >after this i've booted in single mode but when i > give > >> ># passwd root > >> >and try to set the password, i get a "read-only > file > >> >system". vipw won't do it either.. > >> > >> boot single user, to get a writeable file system, > i do this: > >> > >> umount -a > >> mount -a > >> > >> that unmounts all systems, and mount remounts all > as writeable, then > >> run passwd > > >While this works, it is just slightly risky. The > handbook recommends: > >fsck -p > >mount -u / > >mount -a > > > >The first command is important as it makes sure > that FS is fully > >consistent before allowing writes. (It is probably > not really > >important on volumes running soft updates.) > > the fsck slipped my mind. although if system was > running, it'd > probably work without it, but its still probably a > good idea. > > --- > doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net > > PGP Public Key Fingerprint: 6E7B 9993 B503 6D45 > E33A 2019 26E5 C1DB > > ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Αποκτήστε τη δωρεάν @yahoo.gr διεύθυνση σας στο http://www.otenet.gr To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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