From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 27 13:47:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA04840 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 27 Feb 1998 13:47:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ewc-nt.ewc.edu (surf4282.se.mediaone.net [24.129.49.182]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA04719 for ; Fri, 27 Feb 1998 13:46:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from root@ewc-nt.ewc.edu) Received: (from root@localhost) by ewc-nt.ewc.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA00733; Fri, 27 Feb 1998 16:51:21 GMT (envelope-from root) Received: from eot.cs.uoregon.edu ([128.223.202.87]) by ewc-nt.ewc.edu (Netscape Mail Server v2.02) with ESMTP id AAA255 for ; Tue, 27 Jan 1998 12:57:32 -0500 Received: from hub.freebsd.org (hub.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.18]) by eot.cs.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA00694; Tue, 27 Jan 1998 09:59:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id JAA29571; Tue, 27 Jan 1998 09:59:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: by hub.freebsd.org (bulk_mailer v1.6); Tue, 27 Jan 1998 09:57:22 -0800 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA28722 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 27 Jan 1998 09:57:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA28685 for ; Tue, 27 Jan 1998 09:57:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id JAA16471; Tue, 27 Jan 1998 09:56:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 09:56:40 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Dan Rainey cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" Subject: Re: your mail In-Reply-To: <66DB0D816614D111BB19080009DC3A09014ADA@challenger.grtk.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Status: RO X-IMAP-Date: 27-Jan-1998 12:57:35 +0000 X-UID: 624 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 22 Jan 1998, Dan Rainey wrote: > We have a FreeBSD system running TIS Toolkit Firewall Software. It is > only acting as an FTP Server right now. The problem is no one can > remember the root password. Any suggestions short of rebuilding the > server or calling my psychic Friend? . Run `shutdown' or boot with `-s' on the Boot: prompt to get to Single User Mode. . Run `mount -u /' then `mount -a' to get your filesystems back. . Run `passwd' to change the root password. . Run `exit' to continue with system startup. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message