Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 17:12:20 +0200 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua> To: "J. W. Ballantine" <jwb@homer.att.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: passwd file repair Message-ID: <20000217171220.D38813@relay.ucb.crimea.ua> In-Reply-To: <200002171400.JAA20528@akiva.homer.att.com>; from J. W. Ballantine on Thu, Feb 17, 2000 at 09:00:51AM -0500 References: <20000217154340.A31400@relay.ucb.crimea.ua> <200002171400.JAA20528@akiva.homer.att.com>
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On Thu, Feb 17, 2000 at 09:00:51AM -0500, J. W. Ballantine wrote: > > ---------- In Response to your message ------------- > > > Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 15:43:40 +0200 > > To: "J. W. Ballantine" <jwb@homer.att.com> > > From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua> > > Subject: Re: passwd file repair > > > > On Thu, Feb 17, 2000 at 08:10:17AM -0500, J. W. Ballantine wrote: > > > > > > Since the questions search/browse is down on freebsd.org, I'm asking for > > > some help in repairing the passwd file that I managed to mess up. > > > > > > I boot in single user mode, enter: > > > mount -u / > > > mount -t -a ufs > > > swapon -a > > > > > > and then enter vipw, to which I get ex/vi not found. > > > > > > What else/does one need to do to run vipw in single user mode, > > > or what needs to be done to rebuild the shadow passwd file if I > > > edit passwd with ex??? > > > > > 1. Check that your /usr filesystem is mounted, and you have /usr/bin/vi. > done with mount -a -a ufs and I did check and it is, infact when I ls -ltr > /usr/bin/vi it is displayed. > > 2. Make sure /usr/bin is in your PATH environment variable. > I did, it is. It fails with ex/vi not found even when I try to > run /usr/bin/vi. Seems to be a console issue??? > > Thanks > Jim 1. What is the FreeBSD version you are using? 2. What is the *exact* error message displayed? 3. Does `vi' work or fails with the same error? Try the following (from sh(1)): # EDITOR=/usr/bin/ee vipw Cheers, -- Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA of the ru@ucb.crimea.ua United Commercial Bank, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.247.647 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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