From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 15 20:13:14 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from syndie.section6.net (12-230-180-13.client.attbi.com [12.230.180.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32FCB37B409 for ; Wed, 15 May 2002 20:13:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from schism.section6.lan (schism.section6.lan [10.0.0.5]) by syndie.section6.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B5C2BB6; Wed, 15 May 2002 20:13:16 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: root password forgotten-locked up From: Thomas Foster Reply-To: thomas.foster@section6.net To: shubhamr@malkauns.nsc.com Cc: "questions@FreeBSD.ORG" In-Reply-To: <3CE31E9D.F68718A7@malkauns.nsc.com> References: <3CE31E9D.F68718A7@malkauns.nsc.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.3 Date: 16 May 2002 04:13:27 -0600 Message-Id: <1021544007.1642.184.camel@schism.section6.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi Shubha, reboot into single user mode and mount / as read-write then simply type "passwd" I believe this issue is covered in the FreeBSD FAQ Hope this helps Thom On Wed, 2002-05-15 at 20:51, shubhamr wrote: > Hi, > I forgot my root password.I had not created any other user too. > so,I tried inserting the installation CD and went to the option root > password in the configure menu.But when I enter there,it just stays > intact and will not give me a screen to type in a new password.So I am > unable to enter my system.Now the system is not allowing me to change my > root password. > > how do I enter in?It does not even allow to create a new user also. > Please help. > Thanks in advance, > shubha > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message