Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 10:00:54 +0100 (BST) From: jamie@psi-domain.co.uk (Jamie Heckford) To: richard harris <h4rris_99@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: single user Message-ID: <20010619090054.BC728402E17@rafiu.psi-domain.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20010619085547.74733.qmail@web11906.mail.yahoo.com> "from richard harris at Jun 19, 2001 01:55:47 am"
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If you have a freebsd boot cdrom or floppy lying around, your best bet is to boot into "fixit" mode, and mount the drive read-write containing your /etc directory. Use vi or similar to edit /etc/ttys and reboot into single user mode. Hope that helps. Jamie > Hi... > I prevent booting FreeBSD into the single user mode > with this path: > > in /etc/ttys:# > # This entry needed for asking password when init goes > to single-usermode > # If you want to be asked for password, change > "secure" to "insecure"here > console none unknown off > secure > > but unfortunaly right now i'm forget my root password, > so what can i do?????? > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Spot the hottest trends in music, movies, and more. > http://buzz.yahoo.com/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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