Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 09:44:35 +0300 From: Vasil Dimov <vd@datamax.bg> To: John Von Essen <john@essenz.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, Vyacheslav Sotnikov <bsdforfree@rambler.ru> Subject: Re: How to reset root passwd FreeBSdD4.7 Message-ID: <20050715064435.GA83687@sinanica.bg.datamax> In-Reply-To: <20050714095217.Q35893@beck.quonix.net> References: <42D58447.9090600@chamkila.org> <19556.169.203.127.194.1121291465.squirrel@169.203.127.194> <3447e5c6e159524801b5814e10badc8f@essenz.com> <42D63B7F.8010803@rambler.ru> <20050714095217.Q35893@beck.quonix.net>
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--SLDf9lqlvOQaIe6s Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 09:55:16AM -0400, John Von Essen wrote: > 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. >=20 Simply editing /etc/passwd won't do the work (this is not Linux, eah) /etc/master.passwd must be edited and then pwd_mkdb /etc/master.passwd must be run. --SLDf9lqlvOQaIe6s Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQFC11tTFw6SP/bBpCARAj6MAJ4vSmQsrXTm5/gzYhNpy8ZTYjCfrgCeOuBp 3WEWDyhNphH43LVDm1Av+u4= =vV92 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --SLDf9lqlvOQaIe6s--
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