Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 05:57:17 -0700 From: =?unknown-8bit?Q?$=EAr=EAciya_Kurdistan=EE?= <sereciya@kurdistan.ath.cx> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to Reset a Forgotten Root Password Message-ID: <20030417125717.GB50751@kurdistan.ath.cx> In-Reply-To: <200304170846.40690.taxman@acd.net> References: <20030416225147.E13034-100000@floyd.gnulife.org> <200304170846.40690.taxman@acd.net>
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--U+BazGySraz5kW0T Content-Type: text/plain; charset=unknown-8bit Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello, I haven't been following the thread closely, so I missed the original question, but, I'll try to help out anyway ;) Provided that you didn't change the /etc/ttys file entries to force root authentification on the console, as in the examples below: console none unknown off insecure # Virtual terminals ttyv0 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 off insecure ... then you should be able to boot up into single user mode with "boot -s" and change the password. You'll need to type "boot -s" at the secondary boot prompt (asks to press "any key" for another command ;) Hope that helps! You're welcome in advance, --$=EAr=EAciya Kurdistan=EE +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | Welat xwe ava nake, dest bidin hevdu, pist nedin tu dijmin=EE | | Riya azadiy=EA ne h=EAsan e, h=EAviya xwe bernedin, dema me | | n=EAz=EEk e. | | | | Hevalt=EE bi kes=EAn du r=FB nekin, hevalt=EE bi hevdu ra bikin | | Ne ji hevaltiya wan kes=EAn p=EAxwas =FB r=FB dir=EAj, ne bi wan | | kes=EAn xw=EEnperest, ne j=EE ji y=EAn din. | | | | -$=EAr=EAciya Kurdistan=EE | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ translation provided on request: sereciya at kurdistan.ath.cx --U+BazGySraz5kW0T Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+nqSt2rX+NTHoe2QRAiD3AKCTKqfeTIRZWlAjDPz35TmujTcG4gCeI8q3 P9aMygoNnaT4HZfaoMjEK+4= =jMIs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --U+BazGySraz5kW0T--
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