Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2002 22:41:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Ed Yu <edlyu@yahoo.com> To: Grant Cooper <grant.cooper@nucleus.com>, FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: ps commands Message-ID: <20020805054121.31721.qmail@web20701.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <005801c23c3d$81426940$2afececd@TCOOPER>
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try 'ps auxw' -ed --- Grant Cooper <grant.cooper@nucleus.com> wrote: > Can someone explain why some process' always are up, > like qmail but other's > I can't see, such as Apache. How can I find daemon's > that are not on my > screen when I type ps? > > I know Apache is running, I tested it? And I'm sure > it's an executable. What > are some commands I can man to read more on this? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Desmond Lee" <desmond.lee@shaw.ca> > To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@lemis.com> > Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <questions@FreeBSD.org> > Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 10:30 PM > Subject: RE: root unkown? > > > > Sweet... it worked.... now i can log in as root > > > > thanks greg :) > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On > Behalf Of Greg 'groggy' > > Lehey > > Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 9:10 PM > > To: Desmond Lee > > Cc: FreeBSD Questions > > Subject: Re: root unkown? > > > > > > On Sunday, 4 August 2002 at 21:06:14 -0700, > Desmond Lee wrote: > > > On Sunday, August 04, 2002 8:47 PM, Greg > 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > > >> On Sunday, 4 August 2002 at 20:42:36 -0700, > Desmond Lee wrote: > > >>> Hi there > > >>> > > >>> I can't log into my machine because i hosed > the /etc/group and the > > >>> /etc/master.passwd files while doing an > upgrade. > > >>> > > >>> Anywho, i'm looking at the freebsd faq , > 10.14. I have forgotten the > > root > > >>> password! What do I do?, to try and change the > root password. But when > i > > >> do > > >>> 'passwd root' i get a message like 'passwd: > Unkown user root". > > >> > > >> Right, that's what you do when you've lost the > password. If you've > > >> lost the user, you'll have to restore it. You > should be able to do it > > >> like this: > > >> > > >> 1. Boot into single user mode. > > >> 2. Mount the live file system CD-ROM. > > >> 3. Copy the files /etc/group and > /etc/master.passwd to their correct > > >> place. > > >> 4. Run: > > >> > > >> # pwd_mkdb /etc/master.passwd > > >> > > >> This will give you a root user with no > password. You should obviously > > >> fix that as soon as possible. If you don't > have the live file system, > > >> they're on the installation ISO as well, but > that's more work. > > > > > > What's the live file system? > > > > The second CD-ROM of the four CD set. > > > > > If i don't have it, can you tell me how i can > get my hands on it? > > > > Order the set :-) Or find a workaround. > > > > > The old /etc/group and /etc/master.passwd are in > the /var/backups/ > > > but when i copied them over to /etc/ and > rebooted nothing happened? > > > Should i then execute pwd_mkdb, or am i just > talking nonsense? > > > > No, that's probably what you're missing. Run the > last step, that > > should be enough. > > > > > Um... i have a freebsd 4.4 installation cd that > came with the book i > > > bought, but is that of any use? > > > > No, use the copy you have. It probably has the > correct users and > > passwords in it. > > > > Greg > > -- > > When replying to this message, please copy the > original recipients. > > If you don't, I may ignore the reply. > > For more information, see > http://www.lemis.com/questions.html > > Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key > > See complete headers for address and phone numbers > > > > 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 > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of > the message __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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