Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 00:17:35 -0700 From: "Morgan Stewart" <veenoghu@uvic.ca> To: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: "Craig Critchley" <craigc@nwlink.com>, <Smc659@aol.com> Subject: RE: Locking myself out of Root @ Wheel Message-ID: <NDBBILDCDHKKMPLMPMKBIEGCEBAA.veenoghu@uvic.ca> In-Reply-To: <0da701bf0334$8ba65620$0201010a@fuzzer.com>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0115_01BF02FD.89E79420 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >i think on bsd you have to be a member of wheel to su - an extra layer of >security. > >you should be able to remount the fs as rw in single user mode. >it defaults to ro so you have time to fsck it before matters get worse in the >event of a crash. > >If you have "The Complete FreeBSD" its in ch12, Starting and Stopping The >System. > >Disclaimer: newbie information... > > ...Craig Thanks very much for this info... Combined with the mount man page and Sam's early comments about the proper way to change shell's ;-) I'm back up and running... Cheers... Morgan Stewart -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chairperson of the UVic Students' Society Local 44 of the Canadian Federation of Students (250) 721-8370 Work & Fax (250) 472-4379 JOIN The campaign for higher education... www.cfs.bc.ca ------=_NextPart_000_0115_01BF02FD.89E79420 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE></TITLE> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <P><FONT size=3D2>>i think on bsd you have to be a member of wheel to = su - an=20 extra layer of<BR>>security.<BR>><BR>>you should be able to = remount the=20 fs as rw in single user mode. <BR>>it defaults to ro so you have = time to=20 fsck it before matters get worse in the<BR>>event of a=20 crash.<BR>><BR>>If you have "The Complete FreeBSD" its in ch12, = Starting=20 and Stopping The<BR>>System.<BR>><BR>>Disclaimer: newbie=20 information...<BR>><BR>> &= nbsp; =20 ...Craig<BR></FONT></P> <P><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3D"Love LetterTW">Thanks very much for = this info...=20 </FONT></P> <P><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3D"Love LetterTW">Combined with the mount = man page and=20 Sam's early comments about the proper way to change shell's ;-) =20 </FONT></P> <P><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3D"Love LetterTW">I'm back up and = running...=20 </FONT></P> <P><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3D"Love = LetterTW">Cheers...</FONT></P><FONT=20 color=3D#0000ff face=3D"Love LetterTW"> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> <P><A href=3D"mailto:veenoghu@uvic.ca"=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><FONT=20 color=3D#400040 face=3D"Lucida Handwriting" size=3D5>Morgan = Stewart</FONT></A><FONT=20 size=3D2></P><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3D"Love LetterTW"> <HR> </FONT> <DD> <P align=3Dcenter></FONT></FONT><FONT face=3D"Love LetterTW"><FONT = color=3D#400040=20 size=3D4><A href=3D"mailto:chair@uvss.uvic.ca">Chairperson</A> of the <A = href=3D"http://www.uvss.uvic.ca/"=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">UVic = Students'=20 Society</A> Local 44 of the <A href=3D"http://www.cfs-fcee.ca/"=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">Canadian = Federation of Students</A></FONT><FONT size=3D3></FONT></P> <P align=3Dcenter></FONT><FONT color=3D#400040 face=3D"Love LetterTW" = size=3D4>(250)=20 721-8370 Work & Fax (250) 472-4379</FONT><FONT size=3D2></P></FONT> <DIV align=3Dcenter> <CENTER></DIV> <DT><FONT face=3D"Love LetterTW"> </FONT></CENTER></DT></DIV> <DIV align=3Dcenter> <CENTER> <TABLE bgColor=3D#0000ff border=3D0 cellPadding=3D2 cellSpacing=3D10 = width=3D"69%"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width=3D"15%"> <P align=3Dcenter><FONT=20 face=3D"Franklin Gothic Heavy"><BIG><BIG><BIG><BIG><BIG><A=20 href=3D"http://www.cfs.bc.ca/" style=3D"COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)" = color=3D"#400040"=20 vlink=3D"#400040"=20 = link=3D"400040">JOIN</A></BIG></BIG></BIG></BIG></BIG></FONT></P></TD> <TD width=3D"85%"> <P align=3Dleft><FONT color=3D#ffff00><FONT face=3D"Love = LetterTW"><BIG>The=20 campaign for higher education</BIG>...<BR><A = href=3D"http://www.cfs.bc.ca/"=20 style=3D"COLOR: = rgb(255,255,0)"><BIG>www.cfs.bc.ca</BIG></A></FONT></FONT></P></TD></TR><= /TBODY></TABLE></CENTER></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <P> </P></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0115_01BF02FD.89E79420-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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