Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 12:40:33 +0100 (BST) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> To: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: One method to recover a lost root password Message-ID: <20070317123935.C7579@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <45FB4A84.90509@u.washington.edu> References: <387c4f3e.1c76814.28ed7ad1.29@madole.net> <45FB4A84.90509@u.washington.edu>
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On Fri, 16 Mar 2007, Garrett Cooper wrote: > David S. Madole wrote: >>> From Derekj Tourneo on Friday, March 16, 2007 4:46 PM >>> >>> How I recovered a lost root password in FreeBSD >>> >>> Luckily I did know one user name and it had no password. cgadmin going to >>> the repair mode with CDROM/DVD option off the install menu, using the >>> "live" CDROM filesystem gave me a root prompt Fixit# > > I am confused why this topic came up on this list.. Because it is a way to hack BSD, obviously. :-) (It's gotten less frequent, but it used to be that once every few months an e-mail would turn up on the list asking about how to hack FreeBSD systems...) Robert N M Watson Computer Laboratory University of Cambridge
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