From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 31 01:28:16 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA8FD16A6EC for ; Wed, 31 May 2006 01:28:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aaron@aaronholmes.net) Received: from evildomain.org (adsl-68-125-35-48.dsl.irvnca.pacbell.net [68.125.35.48]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3BAA43D46 for ; Wed, 31 May 2006 01:28:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from aaron@aaronholmes.net) Received: by evildomain.org (Postfix, from userid 1013) id A5C7549A; Fri, 26 May 2006 14:31:42 -0700 (PDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.1 (2006-03-10) on evildomain.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.1 Received: from [192.168.1.99] (router.evildomain.org [192.168.1.1]) by evildomain.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 215CC1FD; Fri, 26 May 2006 14:31:42 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <447773C6.3030507@aaronholmes.net> Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 14:31:50 -0700 From: Aaron Holmes User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (Windows/20060308) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Miguel References: <20060526184500.29026.qmail@web54701.mail.yahoo.com> <3ee9ca710605261240o1957520u50075f6ae2d826aa@mail.gmail.com> <4477657D.90701@123.com.sv> <4477720F.2000302@123.com.sv> In-Reply-To: <4477720F.2000302@123.com.sv> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Polina Mnouskina , Atom Powers , Andy Greenwood , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems booting operating system and with root password X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 01:28:20 -0000 Miguel wrote: > Atom Powers wrote: > >> On 5/26/06, Miguel wrote: >> >>> Hi, i have a similar problem, i forgot my root password and the server >>> its in a remote colocation site, is there a way to recover the >>> encrypted >>> password and crackit some way, i have my normal account (which is in >>> wheel group), i even know that the root's pass begings with >>> MAG_"something", but i really cant remember the complete root's pass, >>> rebooting in single user mode is my best bet? >>> >> >> If you are in wheel, then you should be able to "sudo su" to switch to >> the root account and then "passwd root" to reset the password. >> > :-( > No luck, this is the error > > > sudo su > > We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System > Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things: > > #1) Respect the privacy of others. > #2) Think before you type. > #3) With great power comes great responsibility. > > Password: > mmiranda is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. > > sudo su > mmiranda is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. > > passwd root > passwd: permission denied > > > > I entered my account's password... > > Anything more? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > try using a login who is in the sudoers file