Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:30:22 -0700 From: Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com> To: Bert-Jan <info@bert-jan.com> Cc: Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru>, Roy Stuivenberg <roys1012@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: unable to logon after updating ports collection - Freebsd 7.1 stable Message-ID: <4976A4DE.2060009@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <06bb5927cefec26ba5797915637b8a95.squirrel@admin.bert-jan.com> References: <b9079c480901200101j115a22c1of508ecc999aae69b@mail.gmail.com> <47622685@ipt.ru> <06bb5927cefec26ba5797915637b8a95.squirrel@admin.bert-jan.com>
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Bert-Jan wrote: >> "Roy Stuivenberg" <roys1012@gmail.com> writes: >> >> >>> After I completed my Freebsd 7.1 stable, and updated all the ports, I >>> got >>> prompted with another logonscreen. >>> Whatever I try, I can't login with my useraccount and even not logon as >>> root. >>> This happened severall times now, the only way was to reinstall >>> everything, >>> and I was hoping to resolve this by completly finish upgrading the >>> ports. >>> And .. again the same problem. >>> I'm really hoping to get some answers that will solve this problem, >>> maybe >>> someone had to deal with this issue before ?? >>> I will not give up, because Freebsd stole my heart. >>> >> The problem has nothing to do with ports. To restore your root/user >> logins: >> . boot into single user mode; >> . set a new root password; >> . set a new user password; >> . boot into multiuser mode; >> . login and have fun. >> >> >> WBR >> -- >> bsam >> _______________________________________________ >> > > I've had the same thing happen to me not 2 weeks ago after upgrading a > server from 7.0-RC2 to 7.1-RELEASE with freebsd-update. For me the problem > had nothing to do with ports but with the update itself, because it > replaced my pwd.db and spwd.db with the default ones (root with no > password, no user accounts) and since ssh doesn't accept root logins I > ended up going to the datacenter and copying the backups of those db's > back. Then everything was fine again. Very strange they got replaced > though.. > Sounds like you've had something similar happen to you. Hopefully your > machine isn't too far away. > > Bert-Jan > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Might I add the tempting and tendancy to change root's shell to a non-base shell. While you're in single user, use a base shell if you're using non-base (ahem! bash users) --Tim
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