From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 12 01:14:34 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A5D51065672 for ; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:14:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from liontaur@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f211.google.com (mail-bw0-f211.google.com [209.85.218.211]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B0C58FC13 for ; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:14:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz3 with SMTP id 3so1563584bwz.13 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:14:32 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=1AKJ6zwCCAJKuFsQteWp9M5yaLE3FSHZTUyLejEBnFQ=; b=udkdP5y8wseycFsFlhmtricjKFOg/17U9L+GZrFzCTjtjB84gE+1mUnkjEvH74n0Hn oJXWNDyHZQzLaOQ0bpduA//1NiqOeSWNSQh36CjQdR53M+7sj3/zE5V8UO5XzqVBVzaq F/5yo4W2xxRF+vpdhcYBOkjsL/WlGkpvDalmE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=Ga8jr4Ir2Dy1gKbRQVDWrk0N4AP6Njk2vgLPZqbZzfuQmbjUwrWQHcLBGlL/fKDUho QXWKVBG/wFo6+6biAOaqxAahh08DkgXzgpR+VDblKMbL9x4BouVx4Bj61sT5Y5siT9VY SKd00yXed5yWHI/Pu2C6POktQD60Hs1JzVmng= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.9.153 with SMTP id l25mr370366bkl.208.1265937272855; Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:14:32 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <0B47F5A9-A603-408F-A727-E81739E539C5@andersonbrothers.biz> <201002091059.27019.mike.jeays@rogers.com> Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:14:32 -0800 Message-ID: From: Liontaur To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: PASSWORD LOST!! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:14:34 -0000 On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Chris Rees wrote: > On 9 February 2010 15:59, Mike Jeays wrote: > > > > > If you have physical access to the server, just reboot it in single user > mode, > > and change the password. You might need to forcibly power it off. It is > all > > covered in the handbook. If you don't have physical access, I think you > may > > be out of luck... > > > > May be out of luck? I would hope he is totally out of luck without > physical access, if > you get my drift! > > Hope you do have physical access Eric.... > > Chris > > May not be out of luck depending on if the machine has had the last couple of years worth of updates. I'm guessing not if nobody has the root password and the persom who had set it up in the first place has been MIA for who knows how long. Mark