Re: Cannot login to root account on FreeBSD 7.0

2008-10-31 Thread Jos Chrispijn
Uit een eerder bericht (31-10-2008 14:29): But now I've faced a big problem, I can no longer seem to login to the root account where whenever I supply the proper credentials to the login screen, I always get thrown back to the login screen. Stupid question perhaps: do you try to login locally o

Re: Cannot login to root account on FreeBSD 7.0

2008-10-31 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 09:36:17AM -0700, mdh wrote: > Right - sorry, my bad on that one. But do substitute -ggdb for your -g, as > that'll give us GDB-specific debugging symbols. Best not to take any chances. Use both: -g3 -ggdb :-) -- | Jeremy Chadwickjdc

Re: Cannot login to root account on FreeBSD 7.0

2008-10-31 Thread mdh
Right - sorry, my bad on that one. But do substitute -ggdb for your -g, as that'll give us GDB-specific debugging symbols. - mdh --- On Fri, 10/31/08, Mel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Build it for debugging. cd to the directory > /usr/src/bin/csh, and run the > > following commands: `CFLAG

Re: Cannot login to root account on FreeBSD 7.0

2008-10-31 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:24:52 +0530, Pramod Dematagoda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I changed the shell to /bin/sh and it > now seems to work fine, but really saying, sh seems to be crippled > compared to csh, so I would like to get back to csh. Please don't get confused: The Bourne Shell sh is to

Re: Cannot login to root account on FreeBSD 7.0

2008-10-31 Thread Mel
On Friday 31 October 2008 17:13:14 mdh wrote: > --- On Fri, 10/31/08, Pramod Dematagoda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: Pramod Dematagoda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: Cannot login to root account on FreeBSD 7.0 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Cc:

Re: Cannot login to root account on FreeBSD 7.0

2008-10-31 Thread mdh
--- On Fri, 10/31/08, Pramod Dematagoda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Pramod Dematagoda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Cannot login to root account on FreeBSD 7.0 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: "FreeBSD ML" > Date: Friday, October 31, 2008, 12:00 P

Re: Cannot login to root account on FreeBSD 7.0

2008-10-31 Thread Pramod Dematagoda
On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 08:19 -0700, mdh wrote: > --- On Fri, 10/31/08, Pramod Dematagoda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: Pramod Dematagoda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: Cannot login to root account on FreeBSD 7.0 > > To: "Mel" <[EMAIL PROT

Re: Cannot login to root account on FreeBSD 7.0

2008-10-31 Thread Pramod Dematagoda
On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 08:26 -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 08:15:25AM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > Are you sure this machine does not have hardware problems? Please > > download and run memtest86++ from a CD. You shouldn't have to run this > > very long (15-20 minute

Re: Cannot login to root account on FreeBSD 7.0

2008-10-31 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 08:15:25AM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > Are you sure this machine does not have hardware problems? Please > download and run memtest86++ from a CD. You shouldn't have to run this > very long (15-20 minutes at tops in this case); errors will be quite > obvious. Oops, th

Re: Cannot login to root account on FreeBSD 7.0

2008-10-31 Thread mdh
--- On Fri, 10/31/08, Pramod Dematagoda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Pramod Dematagoda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Cannot login to root account on FreeBSD 7.0 > To: "Mel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "FreeBSD ML" > Date: Friday, Oct

Re: Cannot login to root account on FreeBSD 7.0

2008-10-31 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 08:39:46PM +0530, Pramod Dematagoda wrote: > On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 16:00 +0100, Mel wrote: > > On Friday 31 October 2008 15:53:23 Pramod Dematagoda wrote: > > > On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 07:09 -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > > > On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 06:59:04PM +0530, Pramod

Re: Cannot login to root account on FreeBSD 7.0

2008-10-31 Thread Pramod Dematagoda
On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 16:00 +0100, Mel wrote: > On Friday 31 October 2008 15:53:23 Pramod Dematagoda wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 07:09 -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > > On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 06:59:04PM +0530, Pramod Dematagoda wrote: > > > > But now I've faced a big problem, I can no longe

Re: Cannot login to root account on FreeBSD 7.0

2008-10-31 Thread mdh
--- On Fri, 10/31/08, Pramod Dematagoda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Pramod Dematagoda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Cannot login to root account on FreeBSD 7.0 > To: "Jeremy Chadwick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org &g

Re: Cannot login to root account on FreeBSD 7.0

2008-10-31 Thread Mel
On Friday 31 October 2008 15:53:23 Pramod Dematagoda wrote: > On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 07:09 -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 06:59:04PM +0530, Pramod Dematagoda wrote: > > > But now I've faced a big problem, I can no longer seem to login to the > > > root account where whenev

Re: Cannot login to root account on FreeBSD 7.0

2008-10-31 Thread Pramod Dematagoda
On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 07:09 -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 06:59:04PM +0530, Pramod Dematagoda wrote: > > But now I've faced a big problem, I can no longer seem to login to the > > root account where whenever I supply the proper credentials to the login > > screen, I always

Re: Cannot login to root account on FreeBSD 7.0

2008-10-31 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 06:59:04PM +0530, Pramod Dematagoda wrote: > But now I've faced a big problem, I can no longer seem to login to the > root account where whenever I supply the proper credentials to the login > screen, I always get thrown back to the login screen. This started > happening aft