From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 26 10:57:01 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA25823 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 26 Feb 1997 10:57:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from uplherc.pacificorp.com (uplherc.pacificorp.com [131.219.5.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id KAA25816 for ; Wed, 26 Feb 1997 10:56:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from panther (panther.pacificorp.com) by uplherc.pacificorp.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA17527; Wed, 26 Feb 97 11:56:30 MST Received: by panther; (5.65v3.2/1.1.8.2/16Jun95-0854AM) id AA11821; Wed, 26 Feb 1997 11:49:43 -0700 Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 11:49:43 -0700 From: "Douglas C. Garrick" Message-Id: <9702261849.AA11821@panther> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: I blew it bad! Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Well I apparently dropped a quotation mark while editing /etc/sysconfig yesterday. Because now, when the machine boots it hits the error in /etc/sysconfig and bombs. It tells me to supply the root password or ^D to boot multiuser. Problem... I have never NEVER supplied a root password. And I sure can't rememer changing the console to insecure in /etc/ttys. So I have a problem. Is there a way to boot and bypass /etc/sysconfig? If not how can I use a fixit floppy to mount /dev/sd01a and vi the /mnt/etc/sysconfig? Or is there some other way to boot to single user and fix the /etc/sysconfig? Or is there some secret password recovery scheme that I can use to find a nonexistant password? Thanks for all your help Doug **************************************************************** * * * Douglas C. Garrick * * Systems Administrator * * Bridger Coal Company * * P.O. Box 2068 * * 9.5 miles n.e. of Point of Rocks Wyoming * * Rock Springs, Wyoming 82901-2068 * * * * voice (307).382.9742 fax (307).362.5330 * * email dcg@panther.upl.com * * * ****************************************************************