Boot your machine in single user mode (boot -s) and use plain vi and pwd_mkdb soon after that.
There's no need to use vipw when running in boot -s. On Nov 19, 2007 5:18 PM, Jumping Mouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, I have inherited an openBSD machine with no root account. When I > boot up in single user mode boot -s and do a cat /etc/master.passwd | root > the only thing I get is: daemon:*:1:1::0:0:The devil > himself:/root:/sbin/nologin I can't seem to make changes to the master.passwd > account by using vipw in single usermode. I get a message that the file is > locked or busy. Can anyone help in what I can do next? How can I add the > root account back to the master.passwd file. thanks. > > Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! MSN Messenger > http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/
