--- Jumping Mouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi there, I have inherited an openBSD machine with no root account.
> When I
> boot up in single user mode boot -s and do a cat
> /etc/master.passwd | root
> the only thing I get is: daemon:*:1:1::0:0:The devil
> himself:/root:/sbin/nologin I can't seem to make changes to the
> master.passwd
> account by using vipw in single usermode. I get a message that the
> file is
> locked or busy. Can anyone help in what I can do next? How can I
> add the
> root account back to the master.passwd file. thanks.
There is FAQ 8.1 on that.
// juan
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