From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 12 0: 9:21 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from topaz.mdcc.cx (topaz.mdcc.cx [212.204.230.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E58D37B405 for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2001 00:09:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from k7.mavetju.org (topaz.mdcc.cx [212.204.230.141]) by topaz.mdcc.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3693B2B78C; Wed, 12 Dec 2001 09:09:08 +0100 (CET) Received: by k7.mavetju.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 40BE87BB; Wed, 12 Dec 2001 19:08:59 +1100 (EST) Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 19:08:59 +1100 From: Edwin Groothuis To: Dimitri T Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: the door is closed! Message-ID: <20011212190859.A724@k7.mavetju.org> References: <20011212080445.20790.qmail@web14701.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20011212080445.20790.qmail@web14701.mail.yahoo.com>; from midiostri@yahoo.co.uk on Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 08:04:45AM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 08:04:45AM +0000, Dimitri T wrote: > i'm sure that during the installation i've typed the > word 'secret' as the root password but after rebooting > this password is not accepted! :( > > after this i've booted in single mode but when i give > # passwd root > and try to set the password, i get a "read-only file > system". vipw won't do it either.. If you do "mount /" first when you're in single user mode, then vipw. Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: ------------------+ http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message