Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 01:02:49 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@brizzie.org> To: <jedibase@twcny.rr.com>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: LOGIN Message-ID: <009e01c0daf4$9e683a00$0300a8c0@oracle> References: <KBEFJBLPJKGOKCOONHODGEAPCAAA.jedibase@twcny.rr.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Apparently you can change the root password even when you don't know what it is. I've never been in that situation but the following is how its supposed to be done. (pirated from the "questions" list archives) The default boot sequence stops with a counter (actually, it stops twice) that lets you hit a key before continuing. During the second one, after the loader runs but before the kernel runs, hit a space bar. Then type "boot -s" and hit enter. It'll boot to single user mode. Mount the root file system r/w with "mount /", then change the passwd. ----- Original Message ----- From: ObiWanKenobi To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2001 12:40 AM Subject: LOGIN Hi, I have installed FreeBSD, which everything seems to be fine. My only dilemma is the LOGIN. Every time I try to login, and put in the the password, it tells me it's incorrect, or otherwise permission denied. I can't into UNIX. I even changed the password through the /stand/sysinstall but that didn't work. I don't know what to do about this. Rick [-- Attachment #2 --] <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2462.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Apparently you can change the root password even when you don't know what it is. I've never been in that situation but the following is how its supposed to be done. (pirated from the "questions" list archives) </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> The default boot sequence stops with a counter (actually, it stops twice) that lets you hit a key before continuing. During the second one, after the loader runs but before the kernel runs, hit a space bar. Then type <B>"boot -s"</B> and hit enter. It'll boot to single user mode. Mount the root file system r/w with <B>"mount /"</B>, then change the passwd.</DIV> <DIV></B></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jedibase@twcny.rr.com href="mailto:jedibase@twcny.rr.com">ObiWanKenobi</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=questions@FreeBSD.ORG href="mailto:questions@FreeBSD.ORG">questions@FreeBSD.ORG</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, May 13, 2001 12:40 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> LOGIN</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=840363814-12052001><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi, I have installed FreeBSD, which everything seems to be fine. My only dilemma is the LOGIN. Every time I try to login, and put in the the password, it tells me it's incorrect, or otherwise permission denied. I can't into UNIX. I even changed the password through the /stand/sysinstall</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=840363814-12052001><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=840363814-12052001><FONT face=Arial size=2>but that didn't work.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=840363814-12052001><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=840363814-12052001><FONT face=Arial size=2>I don't know what to do about this.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=840363814-12052001><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=840363814-12052001><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rick</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>help
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