Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2014 13:57:48 +0200 From: Andrei Brezan <andrei693@gmail.com> To: allen harris <allenat1@live.co.uk> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: log in and password. Message-ID: <542E8F3C.5030408@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20141003120840.348155b6.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <DUB407-EAS1160C159C7FE4621145B0EBB0A60@phx.gbl> <20141003120840.348155b6.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On 10/03/14 12:08, Polytropon wrote: > (Re-including list, hoe that's okay.) > > On Fri, 3 Oct 2014 00:29:06 +0000, allen harris wrote: >> ive understood your reply and am now on top of what needs >> doing but it still keeps asking me for a login which wasn't >> set by me and am unaware of how to get around this, thankyou >> for your patience I await your response. > Please first make clear if you're missing a _user_ password > or the _root_ password. There hasn't been a definite mentioning > in your initial post. Having to deal with a system where someone > else has set passwords that you don't know is always a bit > problematic, but not impossible to solve. It requires that you > try to tell as precisely as possible what's actually going on. > > When you enter single user mode, no password should be required. > At the boot prompt, enter "boot -s", and then confirm /bin/sh > as the default shell. Enter the command "mount -uw /" to access > the root partition (where the password is stored). Then enter > "passwd" (or "passwd root") to change root's password. You will > not be asked for the previous password. If ZFS is used I would do a "zfs list" to see which fs has the rootfs and "zfs set readonly=off name/of/rootfs" Also it might help to "zfs mount -a" to mount all other filesystems as /usr. I never tried mount -uw in single user mode on zfs though. > Allow me to point you to the FAQ entry again, and check /etc/ttys > if your console has been marked "insecure" which _might_ be a > reason for still being prompted for the root password in single > user mode: > > https://www.freebsd.org/doc/faq/admin.html#idp59717152 > > Do you have a FreeBSD live system (installation CD or DVD, or > USB stick) available? You can use that to access the system's > partitions and make changes independently from passwords restricting > access therein (e. g., change "insecure" to "secure" console in > /etc/ttys, if it should be needed). > > Is it possible for you to provide a screen transcript or screen > capture of what you see? Please try to describe what steps you > have taken and what results they ended in. This will make > troubleshooting easier. At this time, it's just a WAG. ;-) > > > > -- Andrei
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