Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:14:32 -0800 From: Liontaur <liontaur@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PASSWORD LOST!! Message-ID: <b121fe571002111714l2529f57bndd63d0d6ac404363@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <b79ecaef1002091144g6014eb0ak75955f63c82a4b4b@mail.gmail.com> References: <0B47F5A9-A603-408F-A727-E81739E539C5@andersonbrothers.biz> <201002091059.27019.mike.jeays@rogers.com> <b79ecaef1002091144g6014eb0ak75955f63c82a4b4b@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Chris Rees <utisoft@googlemail.com> wrote: > On 9 February 2010 15:59, Mike Jeays <mike.jeays@rogers.com> wrote: > > > > > If you have physical access to the server, just reboot it in single user > mode, > > and change the password. You might need to forcibly power it off. It is > all > > covered in the handbook. If you don't have physical access, I think you > may > > be out of luck... > > > > May be out of luck? I would hope he is totally out of luck without > physical access, if > you get my drift! > > Hope you do have physical access Eric.... > > Chris > > May not be out of luck depending on if the machine has had the last couple of years worth of updates. I'm guessing not if nobody has the root password and the persom who had set it up in the first place has been MIA for who knows how long. Mark
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