Bob @ Brisbane wrote:
It took me so long to get onto this list that in the end I just gave and
reinstalled over the top of the old one. It all works now, but I would
still be interested in a way around the problem if one exists. The
original problem is described below
I recently installed FreeBSD 6 RELEASE onto a hard drive and added two
other
users, bob and bill.
Whilst I was doing this I decided to make root and bob members of ALL the
groups in the system.
I now find that I am unable to log in as either root or bob nor can I su
from bob.
I have tried booting to safe mode but it will still not allow me to do
anything
The messages that I get from the system are:
login: ROOT LOGIN (root) ON ttyv0
login: initgroups(root,0) : Invalid argument
login: setusercontext() failed - exiting
I can still log in as bill and this will allow me to see the system files
but bill doesn't have the authority to change anything.
I tried to su to root but bill is not in the wheel group.
If I want to run a graphical environment (and I do) then I need to start
this up as root.
Is there any way to get past this problem or will I need to reinstall?
Bob Willson
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You could always bootup the 'fixit' image from the install cd, then mount your
root partition, and vi /etc/group. That's what I'd do given your case; if you
are unsure of how to mount the partition, bootup your machine, login as 'bill',
type 'mount' and look at which partition is mounted to '/'. Then bootup the
fixit image, and 'mount /dev/_your_root_slice /mnt', then simply 'vi
/mnt/etc/group'. Should be fairly straight forward, email back to the list if
you still have problems with it.
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Nathan Vidican
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