Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 19:10:01 +0200 From: Hexren <me@hexren.net> To: Marty Landman <MLandman@face2interface.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: lost root passwd Message-ID: <14725057050.20050416191001@hexren.net> In-Reply-To: <6.2.0.14.0.20050416124420.03a0bed0@mail.face2interface.com> References: <6.2.0.14.0.20050225125247.02e6d948@mail.face2interface.com> <20050225222750.GA59300@osiris.chen.org.nz> <c9850fd711881a4e278ad260e1030f8b@secure-computing.net> <6.2.0.14.0.20050226210252.01e3f710@mail.face2interface.com> <20050227043219.GA28882@osiris.chen.org.nz> <6.2.0.14.0.20050227114521.02df9eb0@mail.face2interface.com> <20050227182510.GB44504@osiris.chen.org.nz> <6.2.0.14.0.20050416124420.03a0bed0@mail.face2interface.com>
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> I have a relatively new 5.2 installation and have forgotten the root pw, > although I can log on as a member of group wheel. > Not sure how to fix this situation. > 1. /etc/master.passwd has perm's of 0600 so afaik can't change this > except as root > 2. rebooting from the installation CD then selecting single user mode > throws me directly into /stand/sysinstall; from there selecting the reset > root pw option is consistently ignored > 3. rebooting into single user mode from the HD, after entering > # mount -t ufs -a > ... > # passwd > the response is > passwd: pam_chauthtok(): error in service module > Anyway I can fix this? > Marty --------------------------------------------- Have you tried not vipw in order to directly manipulate the /etc/master.passwd file ?
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