From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 6 17:50:58 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 6 17:50:56 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from envy.geekhouse.net (envy.geekhouse.net [64.81.6.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFC3837B401 for ; Wed, 6 Dec 2000 17:50:55 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jim@localhost) by envy.geekhouse.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) id eB71obA33014; Wed, 6 Dec 2000 17:50:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jim) Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 17:50:37 -0800 From: Jim Mock To: Ken Bolingbroke Cc: "Zaitsau, Andrei" , "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: lost root password Message-ID: <20001206175036.A17747@envy.geekhouse.net> Reply-To: jim@lust.geekhouse.net References: <054F7DAA9E54D311AD090008C74CE9BD01F1E768@exchange.panasonicfa.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.12i In-Reply-To: ; from hacker@bolingbroke.com on Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 02:25:01PM -0800 Sender: jim@envy.geekhouse.net Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 06 Dec 2000 at 14:25:01 -0800, Ken Bolingbroke wrote: > It's not all that hard to temporarily (or even permanently) plug a spare > floppy drive into the machine... The alternative is to "crack" through > the machine's security. This is covered in the FAQ. It has nothing to do with "cracking" the machine's security. And why would he need a floppy? All you need to do is: 1) Reboot the machine. 2) Press a key other than enter. 3) Type boot -s at the prompt. 4) When it asks which shell to use, hit enter. 5) At the root prompt, do "mount -u /". 6) Run "mount -a". 7) Run "passwd root" and change the password. See http://www.FreeBSD.org/FAQ/admin.html#FORGOT-ROOT-PW for the FAQ entry. - jim -- jim mock work: jim@osd.bsdi.com | jim@FreeBSD.org http://soupnazi.org/ BSDi Open Source Div | http://bsdi.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message