Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 14:19:05 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "Charles Burns" <burnscharlesn@hotmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, tanned7@hotmail.com Subject: Re: How do I change my root password? Message-ID: <15022.32953.881390.608232@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <113582787@toto.iv>
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Charles Burns <burnscharlesn@hotmail.com> types: > This might work: > Right about the time the kernel stops waiting for SCSI devices to settle > (during the last fifth or so of boot up if you don't have any SCSI devices), > hit CTRL-C several times. If you didn't mark your local TTY as insecure, you > should be dropped to a question asking which shell you want to use. > Once you are at the command prompt, type "passwd root". > > Charles Burns > > Note that I have never dropped to single user mode as is described here > other than when my latest kernel decides to panic. I am not certain that > these instructions will work for a working system. Even if that does work, it's evil. The default book sequence stops with a counter (actually, it stops twice) that lets you hit a key before continuing. During the second one, after the loader runs but before the kernel runs, hit a space bar. Then type "boot -s" and hit enter. It'll boot to single user mode. Mount the root file system r/w with "mount /", then changet the passwd. <mike > >From: "Shawn Cole" <tanned7@hotmail.com> > >To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > >Subject: How do I change my root password? > >Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 02:48:32 -0700 > > > >Help I forgot my password!!! > >What do I do to change the root password when I restart my FreeBSD server? > > > >Thanks, Shawn > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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