Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 14:31:50 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Carl Schmidt <carl@slackerbsd.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, <adoteya@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: Recovery Of Root Password Message-ID: <15261.5414.216939.805345@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <117005422@toto.iv>
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Carl Schmidt <carl@slackerbsd.org> types: > On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 04:58:42PM +0000, Agbenya Adotey wrote: > > on this box. > > I don't know what to do now. > > I would appreciate some help from anyone. > Boot single-user: > > boot: /kernel -s > [boot messages] > [prompt on shell path - press enter] You missed a step: "# mount -u /" so you can write to the root partition. An "fsck -p" may be required before that. > # passwd > [change the password] > # ^D (CTRL-D) > Have fun and don't forget the password again. :) > --=20 > Carl Schmidt > Just like the pied piper led rats through the streets > We dance like marionettes swaying to the symphony of destruction > http://slackerbsd.org/ > > --MnLPg7ZWsaic7Fhd > Content-Type: application/pgp-signature > Content-Disposition: inline > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use > MessageID: mNMByM2Msc3G7vALifqPMaNGBHZqbTDo > > iQA/AwUBO5z0viwXrqm5p/cQEQKCOgCgidmVJEOWxnCgrPdOOVNBcUWmanQAoOE/ > QxCw5KvQrr1yk3+UOFJx6ZP/ > =L22+ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --MnLPg7ZWsaic7Fhd-- > -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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