From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 12 01:24:32 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 098C1106566C for ; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:24:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Olivier.Nicole@cs.ait.ac.th) Received: from mail.cs.ait.ac.th (mail.cs.ait.ac.th [192.41.170.16]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A353F8FC0C for ; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:24:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.cs.ait.ac.th (Postfix) with ESMTP id 032123A3883 for ; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:24:29 +0700 (ICT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=cs.ait.ac.th; h= references:subject:subject:in-reply-to:from:from:message-id:date :date:received:received:received; s=selector1; t=1265937869; x= 1267752269; bh=3epQ1TT3fN+1tlfobfmiAo054cyAVuRXs1Zl046yLtA=; b=U 4eHQ+V6vj38XFnl2+gqYpwgTfFlmD9jaO9qqs5rHjIO1HhWBQd69vU7JDQD3TEDE J4xLlkYPASntouDPuNmSv8v6Bv1d0mxJTFrFjcPv+QwdngjKMrKysMpCjU7BciWU D2FDG+In1h7m/HLOKcJhTL7LK3ogAOrTp4lYvXIv2E= X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at cs.ait.ac.th Received: from mail.cs.ait.ac.th ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.cs.ait.ac.th [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id 63-7NHlmb+dQ for ; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:24:29 +0700 (ICT) Received: from banyan.cs.ait.ac.th (banyan.cs.ait.ac.th [192.41.170.5]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.cs.ait.ac.th (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 34AA13A387B for ; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:24:29 +0700 (ICT) Received: (from on@localhost) by banyan.cs.ait.ac.th (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o1C1OS3o015060; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:24:28 +0700 (ICT) (envelope-from on) Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:24:28 +0700 (ICT) Message-Id: <201002120124.o1C1OS3o015060@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> From: Olivier Nicole To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-reply-to: (message from Liontaur on Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:14:32 -0800) References: <0B47F5A9-A603-408F-A727-E81739E539C5@andersonbrothers.biz> <201002091059.27019.mike.jeays@rogers.com> 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 01:24:32 -0000 > > > 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.... > > > 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. I was thinking along the same lines, but at same time Eric didn't know about booting to single user, so would he be able to remotely hack into his own system? Olivier