Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 19:36:29 +0200 From: dick hoogendijk <dick@nagual.st> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to Reset a Forgotten Root Password Message-ID: <20030417173629.GA14786@lothlorien.nagual.st> In-Reply-To: <20030417125717.GB50751@kurdistan.ath.cx> References: <20030416225147.E13034-100000@floyd.gnulife.org> <200304170846.40690.taxman@acd.net> <20030417125717.GB50751@kurdistan.ath.cx>
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> then you should be able to boot up into single user mode > with "boot -s" and change the password. > > You'll need to type "boot -s" at the secondary boot prompt > (asks to press "any key" for another command ;) In linux lilo.conf you could prevent this by putting a password on this bot option to "root" It sure is nice to have the option, but I feel a little insecure letting this door wide opten for everyone w/ access to the machine. Q: can this be protected? -- dick -- http://www.nagual.st/ -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ Running FreeBSD 4.8 ++ Debian GNU/Linux (Woody)
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