From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 15 02:19:40 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEBD916A406 for ; Thu, 15 Mar 2007 02:19:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C11F113C45B for ; Thu, 15 Mar 2007 02:19:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l2F2JHK5066370; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 22:19:17 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id l2F2JHju066369; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 22:19:17 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 22:19:17 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister To: Roger Scow Message-ID: <20070315021917.GA66349@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <73B70035-8432-45A9-A5BE-FBB083C21C94@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <73B70035-8432-45A9-A5BE-FBB083C21C94@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Have screwed up my longin and password 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: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 02:19:41 -0000 On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 03:21:04PM -0500, Roger Scow wrote: > I am totally new to FreeBSD, and have installed it and Gnome2/X11. > Somewhere in the process I have either corrupted or lost my password > and user name access. When I try to log into Gnome, either as root > or as username, it is a no go. > > I know that I set up myself as a user, and set a root password when I > was installing. > > What do I do now? Can I restart from the install CD and go back into > Sysinstall? > > I'm running FreeBSD 6.2 on a Macbook Pro, via Parallels Desktop. > > Thanks very much and sorry for such a stupid predicament. This has a FAQ on it. Basically it consistst of learning to boot to single user, fsck and mount the file systems Then, just set the root password and any others you need to fix and then fix files that mst be cleaned up before reboot. Then reboot. ////jerry > > Roger > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"