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Date:      Thu, 08 Jun 2000 09:44:50 +0200
From:      Chris Picton <Chris.Picton@usko.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Hacking the root password
Message-ID:  <393F4EF2.6B55BF14@usko.com>
References:  <SAK.2000.06.07.efhdohin@area51> <393E9552.4EC0AF4F@home.com>

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"Raymundo M. Vega" wrote:

> Chris Wasser wrote:
> >
> > Won't that only work if the tty isn't set to insecure? ie:
> >
> > # If console is marked "insecure", then init will ask for
> > # the root password when going to single-user mode.
> > console none    unknown off     secure
> >
> > Original message from: "Raymundo M. Vega"
> > >you can reboot in single user mode and do the same thing.
>
> yes you are right
>

Thanks for all the responses.  I could ctrl-alt-del from the console

Also, I had to type kernel -s not boot -s, and my console was 'insecure' :)

Thanks again

--
Chris Picton
Usko Communications Systems Developer
Chris.Picton@usko.com





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