Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 14:17:07 +0000 () From: "G. Cabrales" <gcabrale@zarbi.uscpc.unal.edu.co> To: Snob Art Genre <brosenga@calvin.pitzer.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc lock out Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.961113141154.3237B-100000@zarbi.uscpc.unal.edu.co> In-Reply-To: <3289CE98.22F0@alaska.net>
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On Wed, 13 Nov 1996, hmmm wrote: > Snob Art Genre wrote: > > > > hmmm wrote: > > > > > > i guess i did something REAL stupid! > > > i changed the following files in /etc: > > > > > > group > > > master.passwd > > > passwd > > > pwd.db > > > spwd.db > > > > > > i think that was all of them. i did a GREP in /etc on > > > roots real name (and added my last name to all occurences) > > > and did the same to my login/user name. > > > > > > now i'm locked out of my BSD partitions! > > > > > > i get messages before the login prompt for each TCP service > > > saying they will not be started because "root" doesn't exist. > > > i guess that Kerberos stuff uses your REAL name when it > > > encrypts or what ??? > > > > > > is there a fix? or have i really screwed myself? !!! > > > i try to login as root - but my password doesn't work anymore ... > > > > Do you have a boot disk? Root password can be changed from sysinstall. > > yeah - i already tried that. > > but the functions that do that stuff (adduser/root passwd) > don't do anything on the 2.1.5 boot disk ... > any other ideas? > Boot: -s single mode on Boot:, this function, when I install DES crypt library; of course all my passwds DIE!! G. Cabrales
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