From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 31 02:18:17 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 EC7CF16AB2B for ; Wed, 31 May 2006 02:18:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from evil@evildomain.org) 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 026F143D48 for ; Wed, 31 May 2006 02:18:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from evil@evildomain.org) Received: by evildomain.org (Postfix, from userid 1013) id 0679C486; Fri, 26 May 2006 13:33:07 -0700 (PDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.1 (2006-03-10) on evildomain.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,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 732A2437; Fri, 26 May 2006 13:33:06 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4477660B.9030403@evildomain.org> Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 13:33:15 -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> In-Reply-To: <4477657D.90701@123.com.sv> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Polina Mnouskina , 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 02:18:17 -0000 Miguel wrote: > Andy Greenwood wrote: > >> I don't know what you mean by kernel errors on boot, but you can >> recover your root password by booting into single user mode and then >> running passwd. > > > 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? > > --- > _______________________________________________ > 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" > There aren't any vulnerabilities (if i recall) for the passwd hashes. your best bet is single user mode