From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 24 04:02:24 2009 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 BAF7010656A6 for ; Sat, 24 Oct 2009 04:02:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from ezekiel.daleco.biz (southernuniform.com [66.76.92.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69D858FC0C for ; Sat, 24 Oct 2009 04:02:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ezekiel.daleco.biz (8.14.3/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n9O41DI3074011; Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:01:28 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at daleco.biz Received: from ezekiel.daleco.biz ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ezekiel.daleco.biz [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id n+shJozuWg4e; Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:00:56 -0500 (CDT) Received: from archangel.daleco.biz (ezekiel.daleco.biz [66.76.92.18]) by ezekiel.daleco.biz (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n9O3l2Pd073760; Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:47:24 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Message-ID: <4AE278B6.8080409@daleco.biz> Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:47:02 -0500 From: Kevin Kinsey User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20090929) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: kalin m References: <4AE250BF.8010902@el.net> In-Reply-To: <4AE250BF.8010902@el.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: freebsd forgets root 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: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 04:02:24 -0000 kalin m 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? Can you clarify a bit? Do you mean, "after rebooting I can get in without a password", or, "after rebooting it refuses the password I type", or something else? Are you logging into the console, or into something like xdm/gdm? What about normal (non-root) accounts, do they also have this problem? And, for that matter, why have you done "a few reboots"? This isn't Windoze ;-) > while i'm on here... the machine comes with an ethernet card Sounds like, possibly, a newer variant of the device? Occasionally a manufacturer makes a new variation on a chip/device and the FBSD driver doesn't recognize it. If you can get the thing to work, or maybe use another card and update, it just might. Can't say for sure, but you might check the CVS Web Interface for changes to the msk(4) driver in the last $n months. At any rate, the suggestion to read the manpage for msk(4) isn't a bad one. It could be that you need to add a KLD to loader.conf or something ... at the very least, it should say what variants are expected to work with msk(4). HTH, Kevin Kinsey