From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 13 20:41:35 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AB2A1065672 for ; Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:41:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Received: from ei.bzerk.org (tunnel490.ipv6.xs4all.nl [IPv6:2001:888:10:1ea::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 249778FC0C for ; Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:41:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ei.bzerk.org (BOFH@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ei.bzerk.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o1DKfUAR001512; Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:41:30 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Received: (from bulk@localhost) by ei.bzerk.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o1DKfT1b001511; Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:41:29 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:41:29 +0100 From: Ruben de Groot To: John Message-ID: <20100213204129.GA1016@ei.bzerk.org> Mail-Followup-To: Ruben de Groot , John , Julien Gormotte , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <0B47F5A9-A603-408F-A727-E81739E539C5@andersonbrothers.biz> <201002091059.27019.mike.jeays@rogers.com> <201002120124.o1C1OS3o015060@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> <4B751F70.8060402@gmail.com> <20100212080524.B67483@starfire.mn.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100212080524.B67483@starfire.mn.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.3 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on ei.bzerk.org X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0.1 (ei.bzerk.org [127.0.0.1]); Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:41:33 +0100 (CET) Cc: Julien Gormotte , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PASSWORD LOST!! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:41:35 -0000 On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 08:05:24AM -0600, John typed: > > > > > If this is a dedicated server (or a VPS, or RPS, or any type of server > > hosted by a server provider), you may have a rescue system, so you can > > boot it and chroot yourself to access the system. Or, in some cases, you > > can have a KVM-over-IP access, so you can boot into single user mode. > > People, people - be careful that we are not creating a formula to > break into FreeBSD servers around the world... That formula is allready there (but fixed in more recent source off course) http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Nov/371