David Kelly wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 01:29:44PM -0700, Chuck Swiger wrote:
>> On Jul 9, 2007, at 1:25 PM, Peter Boosten wrote:
>>> Having read this I must admit that it's a complete mystery to me why
>>> mergemaster would touch your password file at all...
>> Because sometimes new versions
On 09/07/07, Jean-Paul Natola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
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> On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 01:29:44PM -0700, Chuck Swiger wrote:
> > On Jul 9, 2007, at 1:25 PM, Peter Boosten wrote:
> > >
> > >Having read this I must admit that it's a complete mystery to me why
> > >mergemaster would touch your passwo
On 09/07/07, Jean-Paul Natola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 01:29:44PM -0700, Chuck Swiger wrote:
> On Jul 9, 2007, at 1:25 PM, Peter Boosten wrote:
> >
> >Having read this I must admit that it's a complete mystery to me why
> >mergemaster would touch your password file at
On Jul 9, 2007, at 2:44 PM, Jean-Paul Natola wrote:
Because sometimes new versions of the OS come with new built-in user
accounts, which need to be added to the existing passwd or groups
databases somehow?
Yes, exactly. Have to *merge* the changes into /etc/master.passwd
rather
than brute fo
On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 01:29:44PM -0700, Chuck Swiger wrote:
> On Jul 9, 2007, at 1:25 PM, Peter Boosten wrote:
> >
> >Having read this I must admit that it's a complete mystery to me why
> >mergemaster would touch your password file at all...
>
> Because sometimes new versions of the OS come w
On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 01:29:44PM -0700, Chuck Swiger wrote:
> On Jul 9, 2007, at 1:25 PM, Peter Boosten wrote:
> >
> >Having read this I must admit that it's a complete mystery to me why
> >mergemaster would touch your password file at all...
>
> Because sometimes new versions of the OS come wit
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David Kelly wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 04:06:01PM -0400, Jean-Paul Natola wrote:
>> OOOPSS-
>>
>> I got mergemaster to run- but now that the system restarted the root password
>> and my password are invalid-
>>
>> I can ONLY start in single use
David Kelly wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 04:06:01PM -0400, Jean-Paul Natola wrote:
>> OOOPSS-
>>
>> I got mergemaster to run- but now that the system restarted the root password
>> and my password are invalid-
>>
>> I can ONLY start in single user mode-
>
> You let mergemaster clobber the pa
At 03:06 PM 7/9/2007, Jean-Paul Natola wrote:
OOOPSS-
I got mergemaster to run- but now that the system restarted the root password
and my password are invalid-
I can ONLY start in single user mode-
I still do have level 0 dump of 5.4 on my network is this my only option
This really sounds
On Jul 9, 2007, at 1:25 PM, Peter Boosten wrote:
You let mergemaster clobber the password file.
So in single user, "mount -a", then use vipw to recreate your
accounts
in the password database. On exit from vipw use passwd to set the
passwords.
Having read this I must admit that it's a compl
On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 04:06:01PM -0400, Jean-Paul Natola wrote:
> OOOPSS-
>
> I got mergemaster to run- but now that the system restarted the root password
> and my password are invalid-
>
> I can ONLY start in single user mode-
You let mergemaster clobber the password file.
So in single user
On Monday 09 July 2007 04:06:01 pm Jean-Paul Natola wrote:
> OOOPSS-
>
> I got mergemaster to run- but now that the system restarted the root
> password and my password are invalid-
>
> I can ONLY start in single user mode-
>
> I still do have level 0 dump of 5.4 on my network is this my only opti
OOOPSS-
I got mergemaster to run- but now that the system restarted the root password
and my password are invalid-
I can ONLY start in single user mode-
I still do have level 0 dump of 5.4 on my network is this my only option
?
Jean-Paul Natola
Network Administrator
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