Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:24:28 +0700 (ICT) From: Olivier Nicole <Olivier.Nicole@cs.ait.ac.th> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PASSWORD LOST!! Message-ID: <201002120124.o1C1OS3o015060@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> In-Reply-To: <b121fe571002111714l2529f57bndd63d0d6ac404363@mail.gmail.com> (message from Liontaur on Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:14:32 -0800) References: <0B47F5A9-A603-408F-A727-E81739E539C5@andersonbrothers.biz> <201002091059.27019.mike.jeays@rogers.com> <b79ecaef1002091144g6014eb0ak75955f63c82a4b4b@mail.gmail.com> <b121fe571002111714l2529f57bndd63d0d6ac404363@mail.gmail.com>
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> > > 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.... > > > 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. I was thinking along the same lines, but at same time Eric didn't know about booting to single user, so would he be able to remotely hack into his own system? Olivier
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