From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 6 14:12:43 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 6 14:12:40 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from pfa0frpk001.panasonicfa.com (unknown [38.248.119.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D228A37B402 for ; Wed, 6 Dec 2000 14:12:37 -0800 (PST) Received: by exchange.panasonicfa.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Wed, 6 Dec 2000 16:12:33 -0600 Message-ID: <054F7DAA9E54D311AD090008C74CE9BD01F1E768@exchange.panasonicfa.com> From: "Zaitsau, Andrei" To: 'Rink Springer' Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: RE: lost root password Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 16:12:28 -0600 Return-Receipt-To: "Zaitsau, Andrei" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG There is no floppy or CD-ROM drive is available :) Only network or guest account... Anyone? -----Original Message----- From: Rink Springer [mailto:rink@springer.cx] Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 4:11 AM To: Zaitsau, Andrei Subject: Re: lost root password 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