config files break after mergemaster -Ui
Cy Schubert
Cy.Schubert at cschubert.com
Sun Jan 6 19:52:57 UTC 2019
Oliver Pinter suggested looking in /var/db/backup.
We know group is toast, you told us. Based on one of your paragraphs, passwd might also be toasted. What else has been damaged?
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Cy Schubert
<Cy.Schubert at cschubert.com> or <cy at freebsd.org>
The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few.
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-----Original Message-----
From: White Wizard
Sent: 06/01/2019 10:49
To: freebsd-current at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: config files break after mergemaster -Ui
Le dimanche 06 janvier 2019 à 09:30 -0800, Cy Schubert a écrit :
> In message <f265637965226ad0ac008c5c05fcfc78643c7b89.camel at ovh.fr>,
> White Wizard writes:
> > How can i re-install défault config files ? Now i just single
> > user's
> > access. When i try to login root, before pass's ask the system say
> > me
> > invalid login...
>
> Sounds like /etc/passwd also got hosed.
>
> While single user, try the -s option of mergemaster. This compares
> each
> file line by line instead of the SVN revision number.
my /usr/src is empty ?!?
> This assumes that /etc actually exists and assumes that your root
> filesystem is, except for this, generally ok. It's suggested that
> you
> ascertain the state of the filesystem first and nothing else is
> missing
> or damaged before attempting any further recovery.
can you explain better ?
Cheers,
White Wizard.
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