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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.bhp.com.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.cis.okstate.edu!news.ksu.ksu.edu!news.physics.uiowa.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sesqui.net!gryphon.phoenix.net!usenet From: Paul Flores <pflores@mazda.org> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: DES is smarter than me... Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 08:12:56 -0600 Lines: 22 Message-ID: <3104ECE8.FF6D5DF@mazda.org> References: <4e0faa$bja@news1.is.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: paul.mazda.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b5 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.0-950928-SNA0 i386) adamm@visual.is.net wrote: > > I downloaded the DES distibution and ran the install script. You > guessed it, now I can't log in! I can boot to a floppy and mount the > hard disk. What can I do to dig myself out of this mess??? > I HATE it when that happpens! :> after you reboot the machine, Boot> -s This will bring you up in single user mode. mount -a Then try passwd root Paul