From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 22 23: 3:44 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from servidor.exsocom.com.mx (servidor.exsocom.com.mx [200.34.46.130]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98FD237B4C5 for ; Wed, 22 Nov 2000 23:03:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from Lumac (pppc01.exsocom.com.mx [200.34.46.151]) by servidor.exsocom.com.mx (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id BAA00366; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 01:09:19 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <003c01c05520$88866f40$972e22c8@Lumac> From: "Ing. Guillermo R. Martinez Hernandez" To: Cc: References: <20001123065806.7C9DC1F32@static.unixfreak.org> Subject: RE: help!!!! i forget passwd root and i have ttys close Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 01:39:35 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Ok but how make boot disk ? because i`m newbie :-) in this I have my floppy disk for install, is good ? Thanks Gmo ----- Original Message ----- From: Dima Dorfman To: Ing. Guillermo R. Martinez Hernandez Cc: ; Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2000 12:58 AM Subject: Re: help!!!! i forget passwd root and i have ttys close > [ Charset ISO-8859-1 unsupported, converting... ] > > Thanks . > > > > I did this becaue I have to many problems whit craker ( last > > Administrator fo my site ) . > > in this momen I?m booting whit one floppy, > > > > but i can not change my passwd, you have other idea ? > > Boot from a floppy and edit /etc/ttys to remove the 'insecure' flag. > > > > [ Charset ISO-8859-1 unsupported, converting... ] > > > > yes I know, but I can not open my system because in my ttys are one line > > > > said > > > > > > > > # > > > > ttyv0 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on insecure > > > > > > I don't know why you did that, but the basic idea would be to boot > > > from a floppy (I believe the fixit disk should work), mount your root > > > filesystem, edit the password file unsetting the password, rebuilding > > > the password databases, and rebooting. Or, if you don't want to mess > > > with the password databases, just edit /etc/ttys. > > > > > > BTW, when replying, please cc the original recipients; in this case, > > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org. Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > [ Charset ISO-8859-1 unsupported, converting... ] > > > > > > I forget passwd of root, I access my sistem how admin but i can not > > > > > > su login, my ttys is marked insecure all WHAT I DO ?? > > > > > > > > > > RTFM. More specifically, read > > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/admin.html#FORGOT-ROOT-PW. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Dima Dorfman > > > > > Finger dima@unixfreak.org for my public PGP key. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Dima Dorfman > > > Finger dima@unixfreak.org for my public PGP key. > > > > > > "Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you > > > count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet." > > > -- Dave Barry > > > > > > > > > > -- > Dima Dorfman > Finger dima@unixfreak.org for my public PGP key. > > "He who laughs last obviously didn't get the joke." > -- Bazooka Joe > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message