From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 17 05:57:17 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F06637B401 for ; Thu, 17 Apr 2003 05:57:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kurdistan.ath.cx (adsl-64-169-155-173.dsl.chic01.pacbell.net [64.169.155.173]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12C2943F3F for ; Thu, 17 Apr 2003 05:57:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sereciya@kurdistan.ath.cx) Received: from kurdistan.ath.cx (ns1 [127.0.0.1]) by kurdistan.ath.cx (8.12.8/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h3HCvH04000194 for ; Thu, 17 Apr 2003 05:57:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sereciya@kurdistan.ath.cx) Received: (from sereciya@localhost) by kurdistan.ath.cx (8.12.8/8.12.6/Submit) id h3HCvH1n000193 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 17 Apr 2003 05:57:17 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 05:57:17 -0700 From: =?unknown-8bit?Q?$=EAr=EAciya_Kurdistan=EE?= To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030417125717.GB50751@kurdistan.ath.cx> References: <20030416225147.E13034-100000@floyd.gnulife.org> <200304170846.40690.taxman@acd.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="U+BazGySraz5kW0T" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200304170846.40690.taxman@acd.net> Subject: Re: How to Reset a Forgotten Root Password X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 12:57:17 -0000 --U+BazGySraz5kW0T Content-Type: text/plain; charset=unknown-8bit Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello, I haven't been following the thread closely, so I missed the original question, but, I'll try to help out anyway ;) Provided that you didn't change the /etc/ttys file entries to force root authentification on the console, as in the examples below: console none unknown off insecure # Virtual terminals ttyv0 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 off insecure ... then you should be able to boot up into single user mode with "boot -s" and change the password. You'll need to type "boot -s" at the secondary boot prompt (asks to press "any key" for another command ;) Hope that helps! You're welcome in advance, --$=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--