Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 20:09:26 -0700 From: Danny Howard <dannyman@toldme.com> To: Drew Tomlinson <drewt@writeme.com> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Locked Out - How Might I Get In? Message-ID: <20011001200926.A38992@toldme.com> In-Reply-To: <5CD46247635BD511B6B100A0CC3F023925A0CE@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov>; from drewt@writeme.com on Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 11:05:54AM -0700 References: <5CD46247635BD511B6B100A0CC3F023925A0CE@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov>
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On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 11:05:54AM -0700, Drew Tomlinson wrote: > I posted the message at the bottom but did not get an answer yet so I > attempted to continue on my own. After unsuccessful attempts to > compile the part I need, I tried an upgrade from /stand/sysinstall. > My plan was to get a working system and then cvsup and recompile. > > I'm doing this remotely and in the process of the upgrade, I lost my > connection. The last I saw, the upgrade was doing the ports > collection. > > I can connect to the machine now and get a login prompt but none of my > previous accounts seem to exist. Is there a default account (root?) > that I can use to login? What is the password? I can connect using > either telnet or ssh. You can not log directly in to a system as root via telnet or ssh. If you can gain console access, consult the FAQ, where there is a question that goes something like "I lost my root password! What can I do?!" -danny -- http://dannyman.toldme.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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