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From: dbader@bean.umiacs.umd.edu (David A. Bader)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FBSD 2.2.1R -> 2.2.2R cdrom upgrade problem
Date: 21 Jun 1997 16:57:33 -0400
Organization: Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS), Univ of Maryland, College Park
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In article <5ogjsn$a1@eve.umiacs.umd.edu>,
David A. Bader <dbader@umiacs.umd.edu> 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?

I don't know if I'm answering my own question properly ;) but I just
read old news, and found this fix:

% cp /usr/src/etc/login.conf /etc/login.conf

-david
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