Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 09:40:26 +0200 From: Mark Huizer <freebsd@xaa.iae.nl> To: "Swanson, Toby J." <tjswanson@tva.gov> Cc: 'Adam Ulmer' <ulmer@ulmer.iserver.net>, "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: how to hack root :) Message-ID: <19990613094026.A95920@ariel.xaa.iae.nl> In-Reply-To: <8C8DCBC7A064D01181F30000F8014E277DBB11@knxnorois1b.noh.tva.gov>; from Swanson, Toby J. on Thu, Jun 10, 1999 at 01:38:33PM -0400 References: <8C8DCBC7A064D01181F30000F8014E277DBB11@knxnorois1b.noh.tva.gov>
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> > the > > > root password, boot from the hard drive and log in as root. I searched > > the > > > FAQ and mailing list archives but did not find any instructions on doing > > > > > this sort of thing. I have booted using the install floppy, and then > > opened > > > > > > vty4. However, I can't seem to get any commands to work there. > > > > > > Any help is appreciated, > > > > > > Toby boot install flop, run fixit flop, fsck /dev/whereveryourrootis, mount /dev/whereveryourrootis /mnt vi /mnt/etc/ttys make console insecure reboot in single user mode fsck / mount -u -o rw / vipw reboot -- Nice testing in little China... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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