Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 20:39:45 -0500 (EST) From: Tim McMillen <timcm@umich.edu> To: "Ing. Guillermo R. Martinez Hernandez" <gmo@www.comunica.net.mx> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: help!!!! i forget passwd root and i have ttys close Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.4.10.10011232026330.3619-100000@pacman.gpcc.itd.umich.edu> In-Reply-To: <000c01c05585$df13c500$9d2e22c8@Lumac>
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On Thu, 23 Nov 2000, Ing. Guillermo R. Martinez Hernandez wrote: > Tim si Hablas espa=F1ol seria fabuloso!!! > I worked whit floppy but i can not mount root file system, i thing if a m= ay > put my kernel of my system in one floppy without rc file ( or this file w= hit > other config ) maybe i can change my passwd of root ( in this moment i ha= ve > login of admin maybe is util ) Yes I'm now eating some roast crow right now. I had assumed that you could use the boot floppies to get to a shell prompt and mount the root filesystem, because I can in OpenBSD. I guess that's what I get for assuming. Apparently you also need the fixit floppy. So create the fixit by writing the fixit.flp image to a floppy with dd. Then boot into sysinstall either with the boot floppies or an installation cd and go to the fixit option. The fixit.flp file is on an installation cd or at ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/4.1.1-RELEASE/floppies Then you should be able to mount your root filesystem rw and fix your password. =20 =09=09=09=09=09Tim > Thanks for all and i Wait for your help >=20 > Guillermo Mtz >=20 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tim McMillen <timcm@umich.edu> > To: Ing. Guillermo R. Martinez Hernandez <gmo@www.comunica.net.mx> > Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2000 10:04 AM > Subject: RE: help!!!! i forget passwd root and i have ttys close >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > The advice others gave will definitely work. Just boot from floppy instea= d > of dropping to single user. You have to follow the instructions correctl= y > and especially the instructions in the FAQ link they gave. You need to > mount root filesystem read/write. > Buena suerte, >=20 > Tim >=20 >=20 > On Thu, 23 Nov 2000, Ing. Guillermo R. Martinez Hernandez wrote: >=20 > > > > I did, but can not change the passwd, no show next step for change > passswd, > > only show the window in where you choice this option and dont change to > next > > windows ? > > > > you have other idea ? > > > > Please :-) > > > > Guillermo > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Crist J . Clark <cjclark@reflexnet.net> > > To: Ing. Guillermo R. Martinez Hernandez <gmo@www.comunica.net.mx> > > Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2000 12:42 AM > > Subject: Re: help!!!! i forget passwd root and i have ttys close > > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 23, 2000 at 01:12:33AM -0600, Ing. Guillermo R. Martinez > > Hernandez wrote: > > > > please tellme how because i don know how do :-) i=B4m novice > > > > > > Oh, a newbie. > > > > > > Did you install from a floppy or CD? Do you still have the media you > > > used? Boot from it. On the first menu of sysinstall is a "Configure" > > > option, choose it. On the configure menu is a "Root Password" > > > choice. I think you can handle it from there. > > > -- > > > Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > >=20 >=20 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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