From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 10 10:28:24 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from tvainet.tva.gov (tvainet.tva.gov [152.85.133.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 77CD115308 for ; Thu, 10 Jun 1999 10:28:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tjswanson@tva.gov) Received: from topaz-hme.cha.tva.gov by tvainet.tva.gov via smtpd (for hub.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.18]) with SMTP; 10 Jun 1999 17:27:31 UT Received: from chachaois2b.cha.tva.gov (chachaois2b.cha.tva.gov [152.85.66.29]) by topaz.cha.tva.gov (8.8.6/8.7.3/8.7.5-topaz) with ESMTP id NAA18693; Thu, 10 Jun 1999 13:28:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: by chachaois2b.cha.tva.gov with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id ; Thu, 10 Jun 1999 13:28:19 -0400 Message-ID: <8C8DCBC7A064D01181F30000F8014E277DBB10@knxnorois1b.noh.tva.gov> From: "Swanson, Toby J." To: "'questions@freebsd.org'" Cc: "'toby@milkyway.org'" Subject: how to make a fixit floppy Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 13:27:57 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I need root access to a 2.1.7 host. The old administrator left without giving anyone (any information) the root password. This machine does not have a cdrom drive, only a floppy and the hard drives. The plan is to boot up using the floppy, mount the root file system, vi /etc/passwd and remove the root password, boot from the hard drive and log in as root. I searched the FAQ and mailing list archives but did not find any instructions on doing this sort of thing. I have booted using the install floppy, and then opened vty4. However, I can't seem to get any commands to work there. Any help is appreciated, Toby To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message