Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 19:40:05 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: paul beard <paulbeard@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mergemaster has locked me out Message-ID: <3CB8EC05.6090502@owt.com> References: <3CB8E522.6090607@mac.com>
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paul beard wrote: > I was doing a 'build makeworld/installworld' on a 4.5-STABLE box and > didn't pay attention to the mergemaster output, apparently. Now I have > an smmsp user but my UID is gone and root's password has been changed. > > I'm guessing my only recourse is to boot as single user and reset, but > how to avoid this kind of nastiness? I would try nothing and if that doesn't work, reboot to single user mode. You have to pay really close attention when mergemaster wants to upgrade /etc/passwd and /etc/group. If you don't, you end up locked out because all of your user accounts will disappear. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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