Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:10:38 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: single user login Message-ID: <20110817191038.2134d8aa.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20110817083836.GA48555@ei.bzerk.org> References: <2309807.889736.1313457687722.JavaMail.gsstoller@mail.srv.nantny1.cv.net> <4E4A8813.1050900@bananmonarki.se> <20110817083836.GA48555@ei.bzerk.org>
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On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 10:38:36 +0200, Ruben de Groot wrote: > I don't recall there was a boot loader menu in FreeBSD 4.x > Just interupt boot by pressing a key, giving you the OK prompt. Then boot -s > to go to single user mode (if that's what you want) Correct. I think the "Beatie menu" appeared in the 5.X branch of FreeBSD. It can still be disabled (by means of loader.conf), so the default action to interrupt after the 1st boot stage is still a valid method. If you interrrupted too early, just pressing Enter for the defaults is okay: POST finished... [space][space][space][space] boot: [Enter] [space][space][space][space] Ok boot -s <- this starts into single user mode In case there console is not marked as "insecure", there won't be any further password requests and you'll successfully reach a root prompt: # _ -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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