From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 24 12:28:34 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA11146 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 24 Jun 1998 12:28:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from netra.graphnet.com (netra.graphnet.com [192.206.112.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA10998 for ; Wed, 24 Jun 1998 12:27:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from romank@graphnet.com) Received: from graphnet.com (mike.graphnet.com [192.206.112.93]) by netra.graphnet.com (8.8.8/8.8.6) with ESMTP id PAA08890 for ; Wed, 24 Jun 1998 15:27:13 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <35915453.F1326936@graphnet.com> Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 15:32:36 -0400 From: Roman Katsnelson X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (WinNT; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: root passwd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Eek! I forgot the root password! Well, actually I didn't forget it, I set it, but then the system sorta crashed and now it doesn't recognize it anymore. So I went to the FAQ and it said to do this: (boot up in single user mode) mount -u / passwd root mount -a exit i have two things about this: a)it doesn't work -- i get a "passwd not found" command -- anything I can do except reinstall from scratch? (full system from FTP -- i'd rather not :-) and b) if it DOES work -- itsn't it a serious security issue that anyone with the access to the FAQ (which is every literate person in the world!) can get root password? i know that it's probably not, but i would just like to be explained WHY not, if possible. Thanks again! Roman. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message