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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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>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


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<P><FONT size=2>&gt;i think on bsd you have to be a member of wheel to su - an 
extra layer of<BR>&gt;security.<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;you should be able to remount the 
fs as rw in single user mode.&nbsp;<BR>&gt;it defaults to ro so you have time to 
fsck it before matters get worse in the<BR>&gt;event of a 
crash.<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;If you have "The Complete FreeBSD" its in ch12, Starting 
and Stopping The<BR>&gt;System.<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;Disclaimer: newbie 
information...<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
...Craig<BR></FONT></P>
<P><FONT color=#0000ff face="Love LetterTW">Thanks very much for this info... 
</FONT></P>
<P><FONT color=#0000ff face="Love LetterTW">Combined with the mount man page and 
Sam's early comments about the proper way to change shell's ;-)&nbsp; 
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<P><FONT color=#0000ff face="Love LetterTW">I'm back up and running... 
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<P><FONT color=#0000ff face="Love LetterTW">Cheers...</FONT></P><FONT 
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