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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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0031_01C0440D.BEB88040 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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=20 (2) I PRESSED <F1> AT PROMT (3) I PRESSED THE <SPACEBAR> (4) I GOT TO A BOOT PROMPT: boot: <--here I typed the -s=20 (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 ------=_NextPart_000_0031_01C0440D.BEB88040 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4207.2601" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I changed the password to root and now = I can't=20 remember it on my BSD box I can't access anything except a:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>login:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Then I tried to boot into Single User=20 Mode:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>(1) REBOOTED BSD = SERVER </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>(2) I PRESSED <F1> AT = PROMT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>(3) I PRESSED THE = <SPACEBAR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>(4) I GOT TO A BOOT = PROMPT:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>boot: <--here I typed the -s = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>(5) Then I went to a timer 9sec boot = after I=20 wait</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>(6) Then I go directly to login=20 prompt?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>login:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Can you please tell me how to get back = into=20 root</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thanks</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Mike</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0031_01C0440D.BEB88040-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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