From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 6 14:11: 6 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 6 14:11:04 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from minerva.springer.cx (cgmd77002.chello.nl [212.83.77.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2579837B401 for ; Wed, 6 Dec 2000 14:11:03 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 27732 invoked from network); 6 Dec 2000 23:09:21 -0000 Received: from aurum.rinkspringer.org (HELO aurum) (172.16.0.2) by minerva.springer.cx with SMTP; 6 Dec 2000 23:09:21 -0000 Message-ID: <001f01c06035$fc1ac580$020010ac@aurum> From: "Rink Springer" To: "Zaitsau, Andrei" , Cc: References: <054F7DAA9E54D311AD090008C74CE9BD01F1E766@exchange.panasonicfa.com> Subject: Re: lost root password Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 11:10:54 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Easy: Boot FreeBSD using a kernel and fixit floppy, mount the all filesystems from your disk on /mnt (so that'll be /mnt for root, /mnt/usr for /usr etc), and chroot /mnt. Then, you can just passwd(1) it. --Rink ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zaitsau, Andrei" To: Cc: Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 11:04 PM Subject: lost root password > Hello Everybody, > There is very funny problem. > My friend managed to forget his root password somehow :) > Single user mode is also password protected. > The system does not have floppy or CD-ROM drive, it can be accessed directly > or via network, he only can login via guest account.(Telnet, FTP is > working). > Does anyone has any Idea how he can get root password recovered? > I just do not have any clues how to do that. > Thanks. > P.S.This really hilarious :) > > > 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