Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 16:51:15 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net> To: Soeren Straarup <xride@x12.dk> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Derekj Tourneo <derekj@tourneo.com> Subject: Re: One method to recover a lost root password Message-ID: <20070317215114.GG96961@over-yonder.net> In-Reply-To: <20070317054902.GB2108@x12.dk> References: <000001c7680c$0a7255f0$0dd3000a@homexp> <20070317054902.GB2108@x12.dk>
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On Sat, Mar 17, 2007 at 06:49:02AM +0100 I heard the voice of Soeren Straarup, and lo! it spake thus: > On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 08:45:30PM -0000, Derekj Tourneo wrote: > > now edit the master password file > > > > vi /mnt/etc/master.passwd > > Try: vipw -d /mnt/etc > It automaticly updates the right db(s) # chroot /mnt passwd root -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Systems/Network Administrator | http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/ On the Internet, nobody can hear you scream.
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