From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Apr 24 9:31:15 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sand3.global.net.uk (sand3.global.net.uk [194.126.80.247]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D97C014F35 for ; Sat, 24 Apr 1999 09:31:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marko@globalnet.co.uk) Received: from p2as11a06.client.global.net.uk ([195.147.219.43] helo=marder-1.) by sand3.global.net.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #3) id 10b5Kd-0002tQ-00; Sat, 24 Apr 1999 17:31:08 +0100 Received: (from marko@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.2/8.8.8) id RAA00339; Sat, 24 Apr 1999 17:26:53 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from marko) Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 17:26:53 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Colin Jack Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Newbie Help! Message-ID: <19990424172653.B256@marder-1> References: <000001be8e6e$a020bf40$08069ed4@colin> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <000001be8e6e$a020bf40$08069ed4@colin>; from Colin Jack on Sat, Apr 24, 1999 at 05:22:19PM +0100 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Apr 24, 1999 at 05:22:19PM +0100, Colin Jack wrote: > I am a newbie learning to get to grips with FreeBSD and I have dropped > myself in it! > > I have not set the path to my shell correctly for the root (using vipw) and > cannot now get in. I think I need to get in as a single user and run vipw > again, but I am using version 3.1 and I don't get a boot: prompt to type -s > at! > > Is there a different method of getting in in single user mode in version > 3.x? > Read the message whilst it's counting down to the boot. Press any key (except space) and you get a boot prompt where you can enter ``boot -c'' just like before. HTH > Thanks > > Colin > Colin Jack > Director > Mainline IT > colin@mainline.co.uk > -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message