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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 1997 22:36:40 -0400
From: Andre LeClaire <leclaire@venus.net>
Subject: Re: FBSD 2.2.1R -> 2.2.2R cdrom upgrade problem 
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Don't know about top, but the root login is explained in the file 
ERRATA.TXT on thr CDROM.

Andre

On Sun, 22 Jun 1997, R. Ganguli wrote:

> David A. Bader wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > I just upgraded from FBSD 2.2.1R (CDROM) to 2.2.2R (CDROM). Most of
> > the upgrade went well. My root password somehow wasn't working, so I
> > used single-user mode to reset it, and then fixed up "rc.conf" and
> > rebuilt my kernel. I am having a warning message whenever I try to
> > login with "root":
> >
> > login: login_getclass: unknown class 'root'
> >
> > How can I get rid of this? What's the deal?
> > Please email answers to: dbader@umiacs.umd.edu
> > Also, the "top" port is listed as being broken now. Is this being
> > fixed?
> > Thanks,
> > david
> >
> > David A. Bader, Ph.D.                           Office: 301-405-6755
> > Institute for Advanced Computer Studies         FAX:    301-314-9658
> > A.V. Williams Building               Internet: dbader@umiacs.umd.edu
> > University of Maryland        WWW: http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~dbader
> > College Park, MD 20742
> 
>  Please post.  I have the same problem.
> Thanks.
> Raja
> 
> 
>