From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 15 03:22:09 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DFB716A4CE for ; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 03:22:09 +0000 (GMT) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.207]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D396343D31 for ; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 03:22:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from khaled.abu@gmail.com) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 71so673976wri for ; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 20:22:06 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=XlcOgmf4IUaibbdFwcm4D6FZ4RE86j7sgGlvhL/i46TKiMbLsvrX0QfXnV9F0VmikS93mz1Z5DrQ9CXACJNMxRF6/5nAg6YftkZtJY5W1a1BI2DjarZQqnzZ+XCZvgGbLYxj4UzPevkvUCfRaMOpGCc5DDz68/TvjLZ72XeKeR8= Received: by 10.54.33.68 with SMTP id g68mr1700168wrg; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 20:22:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.54.67.7 with HTTP; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 20:22:05 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 06:22:05 +0300 From: Abu Khaled To: MZaini In-Reply-To: <5fcc390105041419567a1b8d1e@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <5fcc390105041419095655d3a7@mail.gmail.com> <5fcc390105041419567a1b8d1e@mail.gmail.com> cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Default root password for FreeBSD 4.2-RC2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Abu Khaled List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 03:22:09 -0000 On 4/15/05, MZaini wrote: > Hi, >=20 > Section 10.12 in System Administration only addresses the issue when > the person is on site which is not in my case. Since the default > installation would come with its own /etc/passwd, /etc/group, > /etc/master.passwd, /etc/pwd.db, /etc/spwd.db then I should have been > able to login using the root account that came with the default. True > or not? >=20 > On 4/15/05, Abu Khaled wrote: > > On 4/15/05, MZaini wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > May I know the default root password for FreeBSD 5.4-RC2? My system > > > was previously running FreeBSD 5.3-SECURITY. Then I set the option in > > > sysinstall to 5.4-RC2 and upgrade the base distribution. After that I > > > accidentally rebooted the server. Now I could no longer access the > > > server. > > > > > > Thanks > > > _______________________________________________ > > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freeb= sd.org" > > > > > > > Hello... > > The answer to you question is on the FreeBSD website. Just read the > > FAQ -> System Administrations. > > > > -- > > Kind regards > > Abu Khaled > > >=20 AFAIK there is no default root password. I checked the default files and didn't find any. It's blank. ----- # $FreeBSD: /repoman/r/ncvs/src/etc/master.passwd,v 1.39 2004/08/01 21:33:47 markm Exp $ # root::0:0::0:0:Charlie &:/root:/bin/csh .. ----- hmmm. Does hitting without entering a password work ?! Sorry I really don't know. --=20 Kind regards Abu Khaled