Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 14:12:19 -0800 From: "#04125" <tanned7@HOTMAIL.COM> To: <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: I can't login to my server to root forgot my password please help! Message-ID: <OE31vlUQ9cAgjHXwKHv00003c64@hotmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] I changed the password to root and now I can't remember it on my BSD box I can't access anything except a: login: Then I tried to boot into Single User Mode: (1) REBOOTED BSD SERVER (2) I PRESSED <F1> AT PROMT (3) I PRESSED THE <SPACEBAR> (4) I GOT TO A BOOT PROMPT: boot: <--here I typed the -s (5) Then I went to a timer 9sec boot after I wait (6) Then I go directly to login prompt? login: Can you please tell me how to get back into root Thanks Mike [-- Attachment #2 --] <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4207.2601" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I changed the password to root and now I can't remember it on my BSD box I can't access anything except a:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>login:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Then I tried to boot into Single User Mode:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(1) REBOOTED BSD SERVER </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(2) I PRESSED <F1> AT PROMT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(3) I PRESSED THE <SPACEBAR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(4) I GOT TO A BOOT PROMPT:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>boot: <--here I typed the -s </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(5) Then I went to a timer 9sec boot after I wait</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(6) Then I go directly to login prompt?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>login:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Can you please tell me how to get back into root</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mike</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>home | help
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