Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 09:55:16 -0400 (EDT) From: John Von Essen <john@essenz.com> To: Vyacheslav Sotnikov <bsdforfree@rambler.ru> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to reset root passwd FreeBSdD4.7 Message-ID: <20050714095217.Q35893@beck.quonix.net> In-Reply-To: <42D63B7F.8010803@rambler.ru> References: <42D58447.9090600@chamkila.org> <19556.169.203.127.194.1121291465.squirrel@169.203.127.194> <3447e5c6e159524801b5814e10badc8f@essenz.com> <42D63B7F.8010803@rambler.ru>
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Boot with 1st CD, goto the Fixit Shell (will need 2nd CD). From there you have to manually mount the / filesystem and edit passwd (just clear out the passwd, root::). However, do an fsck on the device first (you may have to reboot afterwards) since if you have any fragmentation following an unclean shutdown, you will not be able to mount the device. -john On Thu, 14 Jul 2005, Vyacheslav Sotnikov wrote: > John Von Essen =D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=88=D0=B5=D1=82: > > boot single user... > > > > mount -u / > > mount -a > > > > Then use vipw or passwd to clear out or change root password. If you > > shutdown the system un-cleanly, you may have to do an fsck / as > > fragmentation will prevent the filesystem from being mounted > > read-write-able. > > > > -john > > > but what to do if i have "console=09insecure" in /etc/ttys? > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org= " >
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