Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 05:57:17 -0700 From: =?unknown-8bit?Q?$=EAr=EAciya_Kurdistan=EE?= <sereciya@kurdistan.ath.cx> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to Reset a Forgotten Root Password Message-ID: <20030417125717.GB50751@kurdistan.ath.cx> In-Reply-To: <200304170846.40690.taxman@acd.net> References: <20030416225147.E13034-100000@floyd.gnulife.org> <200304170846.40690.taxman@acd.net>
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Hello,
I haven't been following the thread closely, so I missed the
original question, but, I'll try to help out anyway ;)
Provided that you didn't change the /etc/ttys file entries
to force root authentification on the console, as in the
examples below:
console none unknown off insecure
# Virtual terminals
ttyv0 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 off insecure
...
then you should be able to boot up into single user mode
with "boot -s" and change the password.
You'll need to type "boot -s" at the secondary boot prompt
(asks to press "any key" for another command ;)
Hope that helps!
You're welcome in advance,
--$êrêciya Kurdistanî
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| Welat xwe ava nake, dest bidin hevdu, pist nedin tu dijminî |
| Riya azadiyê ne hêsan e, hêviya xwe bernedin, dema me |
| nêzîk e. |
| |
| Hevaltî bi kesên du rû nekin, hevaltî bi hevdu ra bikin |
| Ne ji hevaltiya wan kesên pêxwas û rû dirêj, ne bi wan |
| kesên xwînperest, ne jî ji yên din. |
| |
| -$êrêciya Kurdistanî |
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translation provided on request: sereciya at kurdistan.ath.cx
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