From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 8 4:23:40 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from freyr.cba.ualr.edu (access93.mod1.ualr.edu [144.167.7.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45C3D37B446 for ; Fri, 8 Sep 2000 04:23:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from joe@localhost) by freyr.cba.ualr.edu (8.11.0/8.11.0) id e88BNdJ13597; Fri, 8 Sep 2000 06:23:39 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from joe) Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 06:23:38 -0500 From: "Joseph E. Royce" To: David Daugherty Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Basic access from console Message-ID: <20000908062338.A13517@freyr.cba.ualr.edu> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: ; from davidd@datasphereweb.com on Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 11:18:16PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 11:18:16PM -0700, David Daugherty wrote: > Is there any way for me to gain access to a 3.4 box's file system without > knowing any login passwords or accounts other then root? I have console > access so I suppose I could boot into single user mode. But I'm not sure > what to do from there. Maybe through the toor account? > > Someone who quit our company recently used this for a development box and > we need to see exactly what code he was working on. > > On a side note, would this be the same for a linux box? Say, maybe debian > or RedHat. > > David Daugherty > david.daugherty@netmanage.com > NetMange - The Bridge to E-Business > Reboot into single user mode and it will put you in a shell. Then you change the password. See the following for details: http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/admin.html#AEN2668 -HTH Joe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message