Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 20:07:47 +0200 (CEST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?m=20p?= <sumirati@yahoo.de> To: chip.wiegand@simrad.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Solved: Was:Re: root/superuser account - big problem - please help Message-ID: <20010807180747.64300.qmail@web13307.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <OF6F68DED9.AC16C4F1-ON88256AA1.005D4427@simrad.no>
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[CC'ed to -questions because it is interesting to others] --- chip.wiegand@simrad.com schrieb: > > Thanks for the tip. One more question - > since I was unable to su or log on to root, I was also unable to shutdown > -h > or reboot, properly. Is there some other way to shutdown as a user in the > wheel > group? I ended up just hitting the reset button and running fsck -y (all > was okay > when it was done). > > -- > Chip > > > > > > m p <sumirati@yahoo.de> on 08/07/2001 06:36:48 PM > Internet mail from: > To: chip.wiegand@simrad.com > cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > Subject: Re: root/superuser account - big problem - please help > > > > I was connected to my fbsd4.2 box via telnet and used chpass to change > > the password > > for the root account, and it appeared to save okay. I then went to the > > bsd box to verify > > that the I entered the password okay, when I see this message on the > > screen - > > /kernel: psminter: out of sync (0028!=0008) > > Now I cannot logon as root or use su, I am always told the password is > > incorrect. I have > > tried both the old and new passwords, on the bsd box and via telnet, no > > luck. I had a > > second telnet window open, where I was su'd so I rebooted the server > > from there. > > My root account appears to be locked out, what should I do? I cannot > > start apache or > > samba. > > > > Try the following link: > > http://www.de.freebsd.org/FAQ/admin.html#FORGOT-ROOT-PW > > Hope that helps > > marc > > > __________________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Gesendet von Yahoo! Mail - http://mail.yahoo.de > > > > > > Hi, please always CC the list. I was almost home. :) There are two ways doing a reboot that are know to me: 1) Hit CRTL-ALT-DEL if you configured your kernel to allow it. 2) Try sudo (alternatie try calife, op or super They are all under ports/security - but i never tried them before). It is in the ports. (/usr/ports/security/sudo .. and as package on the release cd) And configure the group WHEEL that they can do everything root can do. The main advantage (from my point of view) is: They don't need the root password anymore. Hope that helps marc __________________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Gesendet von Yahoo! Mail - http://mail.yahoo.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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