Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 09:03:57 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@mail.cz> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Root problem & Passwords Message-ID: <20020410070356.GL12083@roman.mobil.cz> In-Reply-To: <20020409170956.GE67632@hades.hell.gr> References: <002101c1dfa2$e2ea81c0$0501a8c0@Bastion> <01a001c1dfa9$9b3d08a0$b50d030a@PATRICK> <20020409170956.GE67632@hades.hell.gr>
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> Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 20:09:56 +0300
> From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
> To: "Patrick O'Reilly" <bsd@perimeter.co.za>
> Cc: Martins Struka <martinss2000@inbox.lv>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: Root problem & Passwords
>
> On 2002-04-09 11:33, Patrick O'Reilly wrote:
> > To reset the root password:
> >
> > 1) Restart the computer (Ctrl-Alt-Del or Power On).
> > 2) When you see the message counting down from 10 seconds, press
> > Space Bar.
> > 3) when you see the "ok" prompt, type "boot -s" - this provides root
> > access in single user mode.
> > 4) At the shell prompt type:
> > # fsck -p (File System Check)
> > # mount -u / (mount / partition read/write)
> > # mount -a -t ufs (mount all ufs partitions - /usr ...)
> > # passwd (supply root passwd twice)
>
> Just because I've been bitten by this a few times. Before shutting
> down, run a few "sync" commands, and wait until the disks spin down.
> I've changed my rc.conf a couple of times, and rebooted too fast only
> to find that the changes were not there :-)
could you tell me the PR number (if there is one)?
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