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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.pangea.ca!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news.alt.net!news1.alt.net!207.18.94.3 From: pavanas@meridio.ccia.com (pavanas abludo incusus) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Gotta Love Those FreeBSD Installs Date: 2 Jul 1997 06:02:45 GMT Organization: Aragorn Asteria Lines: 43 Message-ID: <5pcqu5$i76$1@207.18.94.3> References: <5p9v93$ncp$1@207.18.94.16> <5pa80d$svo$1@solaris.cc.vt.edu> Reply-To: pavanas@bbs.mpcs.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.18.94.3 X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.4.1 UNIX) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43796 On 1 Jul 1997 06:27:25 GMT, Giao Nguyen <grail@elmira.functional.com> mused and hath written: >pavanas abludo incusus <pavanas@meridio.ccia.com> wrote: > > >> 4) And lastly when the trashing, loss or forgetting of root's passwd >> occurs how do you fix it?. Single user (at least when I tried could not >> use vipw) did not do it. (The time between install and adding login.conf) > >By any chance, did you mount the fs as writeable? It's tough changing the >password when you can't write to the password table. But that's just me. >mount -a then vipw. > Ok, will save this for future reference. Thanks >> Anyway FreeBSD is an adventure in learning. Does that imp represent the >> bedevilment of installation? /stand/sysinstall worked great. And all is >> now in reasonable order. > >I thought it was there to attract more of the female users. The "imp" looks >cute to me. Say, can I interest you in a couple plushie "imp"'s? > The imp is considerably more colourful than a penquin. Perhaps. >> cheers > >> -- >> IHS >> pavanas >> We are but dust and shadow. >> Quintus Horatius Flaccus > > We're tired and sleepy too. > Giao Nguyen -- IHS pavanas We are but dust and shadow. Quintus Horatius Flaccus