Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:41:31 -0700 (PDT) From: James Phillips <anti_spam256@yahoo.ca> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd forgets root password Message-ID: <512226.96136.qm@web65509.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20091024014614.B8F5B1065698@hub.freebsd.org>
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> Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:46:03 -0500
> From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: freebsd forgets root password
> To: kalin m <kalin@el.net>
> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
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> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 7:56 PM, kalin m <kalin@el.net>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > hi all ....
> >
> > this is really weird.
> > i've must have set up the root password on this new
> machine i got at least
> > 5 times and after a few reboots this thing forgets
> it.
> > i have to go in single user and reset it again and
> again?!?
> >
> > what can be the reason?
> >
>
> Couple guesses:
>
> You keep forgetting the password
> caps lock
>
On my BSD server, I have a keyboard with a failing shift key. This means if I touch-type the password one day, and "hunt&peck" the next, the result is not the same.
With how flimsy the entry-level keyboards are these days, it may be *almost* as likely ;)
Regards,
James Phillips
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