From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 10 10:40:16 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 29A7114FF7 for ; Thu, 10 Jun 1999 10:40:13 -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 17:39:22 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 NAA20078; Thu, 10 Jun 1999 13:40:01 -0400 (EDT) Received: by chachaois2b.cha.tva.gov with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id ; Thu, 10 Jun 1999 13:40:06 -0400 Message-ID: <8C8DCBC7A064D01181F30000F8014E277DBB11@knxnorois1b.noh.tva.gov> From: "Swanson, Toby J." To: "'Adam Ulmer'" Cc: "'questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: RE: how to hack root :) Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 13:38:33 -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 Sorry, I forgot to mention the console is in secure mode, requiring the root password on bootup. > ---------- > From: Adam Ulmer[SMTP:ulmer@ulmer.iserver.net] > Sent: Thursday, June 10, 1999 1:34 PM > To: Swanson, Toby J. > Subject: Re: how to hack root :) > > http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/FAQ138.html#138 > > Adam > > On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, Swanson, Toby J. wrote: > > > 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 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message