Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 21:11:17 -0500 From: Walter Brameld <brameld@twave.net> To: "Victor Y. Dominguez" <yoalli@kino.tij.uia.mx> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: passwd, root, single user problem! Message-ID: <388E57C5.CE78F761@twave.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001251239250.2141-100000@kino>
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"Victor Y. Dominguez" wrote: > > I just install Fbsd 3.4 on my pc. I change the root passwd after > installation, but when was time to login it didn't let me. So then I boot > as a single user and tried to change my passwd. But then I realized that I > couldn't open any file. I get errors like this: > > #vipw > vipw: /etc/pw.KaK119: Read-only file system > > thanks > I hope this is correct as I am not a FreeBSD guru. Boot up as single user and go to the shell prompt. Then type the following commands: # fsck -p # mount -u / # mount -a -t ufs # swapon -a Your slices should now be mounted read/write and you ought to be good to go. -- Walter in·tel·lec·tu·al n. Someone who has been educated past his/her level of intelligence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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