Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 13:26:35 -0400 From: "sagacious" <sagacious@unixhideout.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Password problem Message-ID: <000f01c23337$42e70750$0a01a8c0@MIKESBOX> In-Reply-To: <000801c232ef$24aec040$d07d10ac@w112753>
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>i've got a box and i was able to do a boot -s to recover the root passwd. >When i got to the prompt # i've : >-mount -u / >-mount -a > >and then when i type passwd nothing happens. >i've notice that /etc/passwd has a simbolic link to /var/etc/passwd and >also >/usr/bin/passwd >have a simbolic link to /var/etc/passwd. >I've copy accross a bin passwd file from another unix and put it on >the /var/etc/ , however it still doesn't work. >Any ideas how can i work around this. When I lose the root pass heres what I have to do. Boot -s Then I have to mount the file systems individually but I have to go into wherever the mount binary is and do: ./mount / ./mount /usr then finally ./passwd You wont be able to just type passwd cause it doesn't know where it is. FreeBSD is in dumb mode. I hope I understood your question right. I think I did. Hope it helped. sagacious (Mike) Network administrator The unixhideout network http://www.unixhideout.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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