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From: Tony Griffiths <tonyg@OntheNet.com.au>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FBSD 2.2.1R -> 2.2.2R cdrom upgrade problem
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 10:44:13 +1000
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David A. Bader 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?

You need the file "login.access" in the /etc directory.  Go get a copy
of it from the source (/usr/src/etc) disk!

> Please email answers to: dbader@umiacs.umd.edu
> Also, the "top" port is listed as being broken now. Is this being
> fixed?

The _standard_ top that comes with the binary installation of
2.2.2-RELEASE seems to work just fine for me...  No need to rebuild from
source.

Tony