Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 10:48:28 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Gregory Edigarov <greg@profi.kharkov.ua> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: any way to recover root password on 5.2 Message-ID: <20040506094828.GE23826@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20040506092818.GA10429@profi.kharkov.ua> References: <20040506092818.GA10429@profi.kharkov.ua>
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On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 12:28:18PM +0300, Gregory Edigarov wrote:
> I forgot root pasword on my just installed server.
> I've tryed to recover it by going to single user, then doing=20
> mount -a; passwd root, but no success. It says "entropy device
> blocking. Dance fandago on keyboard to unlock".
> what can I do?
Like it says, type a lot of gibberish into the keyboard. One of the
places the system can derive randomness from is the time interval
between key presses. If you're worried about accidentally typing a
command and hosing your system, then you can start by doing:
# cat >/dev/null
type arbitrary stuff for a few minutes, and then hit Ctrl-D.
Then try re-running passwd(1).
Alternatively you can edit /etc/master.passwd using vipw(1) and simply
delete the crypttext of the password for the root account. Then boot
back into multi user, and immediately log in as root and set a new
password.
Cheers,
Matthew
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Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks
Savill Way
PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow
Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK
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