Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 00:03:21 +0200 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@flat.berklix.net> To: Amandeep <aman@chamkila.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to reset root passwd FreeBSdD4.7 Message-ID: <200507132203.j6DM3LRd020116@fire.jhs.private> In-Reply-To: Message from Amandeep <aman@chamkila.org> of "Wed, 13 Jul 2005 14:14:47 PDT." <42D58447.9090600@chamkila.org>
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Amandeep wrote: > Hi all, First, please do Not cross post, we have a rule about that ! ... so I dropped cc freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, > Is there a way to reset the root passwd without reinstalling FreeBSD 4.7. > > Thanks in advance > > Aman passwd root [ Except maybe ] Various things get crippled now, in the name of avoiding `shooting self in the foot' accidents by neophytes. So maybe if you're running at a higher kernel security level you might need to turn that off. Don't know how though, I never cripple my root access. (& similarly hate eg fdisk -a being similarly crippled by sysctl, in the same name of neophyte foot shooting prevention ) -- Julian Stacey Consultant Systems Engineer, Munich. http://berklix.com Mail in Ascii (Html = Spam). Ihr Rauch = mein allergischer Kopfschmerz.
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