Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 10:59:46 -0400 (EDT) From: Damon Hammis <squirrel@hammis.com> To: Sean Heber <sheber@mwci.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can't become root.. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10007281058460.56512-100000@markl.com> In-Reply-To: <001701bff8a3$2461f360$05172dc6@seanheber>
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I think that you've managed to hose yourself up pretty good here. I'm
fairly sure that you can't login remotely in any fashion as root by
default. But you can fix it when you get home. :)
--Damon
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On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, Sean Heber wrote:
> Ok, this is a stupid question and I fully understand if it's laughed at..
> :-)
>
> Last night I began an FTP install of FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE over my modem.
> This morning it was done. So, I rebooted into it and added a new user for
> myself. Then I went to work.
>
> My plan was to mess with installing the various ports and things I want
> during free time at work. Since I have a modem, this takes a long time
> (which is why I wanted to do this all at work so when I got home things were
> ready to play with).
>
> Unfortuntatly, I forgot to put myself in the wheel group and so I can't su
> to root. And root is, of course, not allowed to login via telnet by
> default. So.. Is there ANY possible way around this or am I just stuck
> until I get home?
>
> *hangs head in shame*
>
> Thanks,
> Sean
>
>
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