Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 20:09:56 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: "Patrick O'Reilly" <bsd@perimeter.co.za> Cc: Martins Struka <martinss2000@inbox.lv>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Root problem & Passwords Message-ID: <20020409170956.GE67632@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <01a001c1dfa9$9b3d08a0$b50d030a@PATRICK> References: <002101c1dfa2$e2ea81c0$0501a8c0@Bastion> <01a001c1dfa9$9b3d08a0$b50d030a@PATRICK>
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On 2002-04-09 11:33, Patrick O'Reilly wrote:
> To reset the root password:
>
> 1) Restart the computer (Ctrl-Alt-Del or Power On).
> 2) When you see the message counting down from 10 seconds, press
> Space Bar.
> 3) when you see the "ok" prompt, type "boot -s" - this provides root
> access in single user mode.
> 4) At the shell prompt type:
> # fsck -p (File System Check)
> # mount -u / (mount / partition read/write)
> # mount -a -t ufs (mount all ufs partitions - /usr ...)
> # passwd (supply root passwd twice)
Just because I've been bitten by this a few times. Before shutting
down, run a few "sync" commands, and wait until the disks spin down.
I've changed my rc.conf a couple of times, and rebooted too fast only
to find that the changes were not there :-)
> # shutdown -r now (reboot to multi-user mode again)
> 5) Once you are able to log in as root again, you can use the passwd
> command to reset the other user's password.
Giorgos Keramidas FreeBSD Documentation Project
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