From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 22 09:12:24 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0292937B401 for ; Sun, 22 Jun 2003 09:12:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4462343F75 for ; Sun, 22 Jun 2003 09:12:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h5MG4kOg027468; Sun, 22 Jun 2003 12:04:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h5MG4jCc027467; Sun, 22 Jun 2003 12:04:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200306221604.h5MG4jCc027467@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: shovey@buffnet.net (Stephen Hovey) Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 12:04:45 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: from "Stephen Hovey" at Jun 22, 2003 06:20:29 AM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: questions@freebsd.org cc: Paige King Subject: Re: your mail X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 16:12:24 -0000 > > > You would have to boot stand alone > > When you start up the machine, and it does that part where it says it will > continue in so many seconds, or if you hit enter, or hit any other key to > stop it - stop it and put > > boot -s This is more commonly called "booting to single user". The term "booting stand alone" is often used to refer to booting from a special install media. But, yes, boot single user and then remount root mount -u / and then set your password again using "passwd". ////jerry > > > On Sat, 21 Jun 2003, Paige King wrote: > > > forgot my login and password. what do I do to bypass the login. > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >