Re: unknown user root

[Xander Soldaat <xander@soldaat.com>]

On Tuesday 04 June 2002 12:32, David Galligani wrote:
> My laptop hanged while installing via ftp ... I think it's a problem
> with APM ... then I rebooted , and now I can't login with root... if 
> I login with my user and then su root , I' ve the message " unknown
> user root" . any idea ?

When booting up with the CD or floppy, type boot -c at the boot prompt, 
type 'disable apm' at the config prompt and exit the kernel boot 
config. This will at least fix your APM problem when installing. I had 
the same problem with an old IBM thinkpad. For more detailed info, 
check out http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=boot_config .
About the non-existing root user; you'll probably have to reinstall 
OpenBSD.

Good luck,
Xander

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