From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 24 12: 7:49 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from primex.prontel.net (primex.prontel.net [216.242.25.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0552437BBB1 for ; Mon, 24 Apr 2000 12:07:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from netadmin@primex.prontel.net) Received: from sysop1 (matrix.prontel.net [216.242.25.4]) by primex.prontel.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id PAA88179; Mon, 24 Apr 2000 15:08:40 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from netadmin@primex.prontel.net) From: "Lester A. Mesa" To: "'todd ritzka'" Cc: Subject: RE: help again Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 14:37:36 -0400 Message-ID: <00ce01bfaee5$55099b60$38040a0a@prontel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: <20000424175903.26930.qmail@web1404.mail.yahoo.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4029.2901 Importance: Normal Disposition-Notification-To: "Lester A. Mesa" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG root passwd? How ever you put it is a bad idea to disable root password. But if you really want too. Just vipw go to the encrypted section of your account, in which should be the second one (e.g. root:SJ;lkdajsdkl:) and remove the encryption and leave it blank (root::) Shift-zz to save and exit that will remove the password and rebuilt the password database.. Hope this helps > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of todd ritzka > Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 1:59 PM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: help again > > > well some how i lost my kernel and now everytime i > turn on the computer, i have to boot kernel.old.when > my friend set up bsd for me, he made it so that i > didnt have to input a password. now everytime i logon > as root, i have to input a password, how do i reset > the password, or dissable it all together??? > > acidrop50@yahoo.com > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send online invitations with Yahoo! Invites. > http://invites.yahoo.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message