Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 17:40:16 -0500 From: "Eric L. Hernes" <erich@lodgenet.com> To: LPPelletier@cmq.qc.ca (Luc Pelletier) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Root passwd again! Message-ID: <199508222240.RAA28636@jake.lodgenet.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 22 Aug 1995 18:13:56 EDT." <2181147.ensmtp@cmq.qc.ca>
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<questions and answers about booting with no root passwd> > If your console was not made secure, boot single user (with the '-s' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ here's the key. > HERE IS MY PROBLEM STATUS ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON : > > At the boot: prompt, I typed -s and nothing else. The system proceed and I > got to the 'Type CTRL-D for normal startup or root password for system > maintenance' prompt. > Sounds like an SCO message. But the FreeBSD message is similar, 'Enter root password, or ^D to go multi-user'. This means that you made your console insecure. As far as I know, your only option now is a reinstall. :( eric. -- erich@lodgenet.com erich@rrnet.com
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