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Date:      Sun, 4 Aug 2002 23:03:56 -0600
From:      "Grant Cooper" <grant.cooper@nucleus.com>
To:        "FreeBSD Questions" <questions@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   ps commands
Message-ID:  <005801c23c3d$81426940$2afececd@TCOOPER>
References:  <CMEMLGKEKMLLFOICILNMCEGACBAA.desmond.lee@shaw.ca>

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Can someone explain why some process' always are up, like qmail but other's
I can't see, such as Apache. How can I find daemon's that are not on my
screen when I type ps?

I know Apache is running, I tested it? And I'm sure it's an executable. What
are some commands I can man to read more on this?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Desmond Lee" <desmond.lee@shaw.ca>
To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@lemis.com>
Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <questions@FreeBSD.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 10:30 PM
Subject: RE: root unkown?


> Sweet... it worked.... now i can log in as root
>
> thanks greg :)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Greg 'groggy'
> Lehey
> Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 9:10 PM
> To: Desmond Lee
> Cc: FreeBSD Questions
> Subject: Re: root unkown?
>
>
> On Sunday,  4 August 2002 at 21:06:14 -0700, Desmond Lee wrote:
> > On  Sunday, August 04, 2002 8:47 PM, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> >> On Sunday,  4 August 2002 at 20:42:36 -0700, Desmond Lee wrote:
> >>> Hi there
> >>>
> >>> I can't log into my machine because i hosed the /etc/group and the
> >>> /etc/master.passwd files while doing an upgrade.
> >>>
> >>> Anywho, i'm looking at the freebsd faq , 10.14. I have forgotten the
> root
> >>> password! What do I do?, to try and change the root password. But when
i
> >> do
> >>> 'passwd root' i get a message like 'passwd: Unkown user root".
> >>
> >> Right, that's what you do when you've lost the password.  If you've
> >> lost the user, you'll have to restore it.  You should be able to do it
> >> like this:
> >>
> >> 1.  Boot into single user mode.
> >> 2.  Mount the live file system CD-ROM.
> >> 3.  Copy the files /etc/group and /etc/master.passwd to their correct
> >>     place.
> >> 4.  Run:
> >>
> >>     # pwd_mkdb /etc/master.passwd
> >>
> >> This will give you a root user with no password.  You should obviously
> >> fix that as soon as possible.  If you don't have the live file system,
> >> they're on the installation ISO as well, but that's more work.
> >
> > What's the live file system?
>
> The second CD-ROM of the four CD set.
>
> > If i don't have it, can you tell me how i can get my hands on it?
>
> Order the set :-)  Or find a workaround.
>
> > The old /etc/group and /etc/master.passwd are in the /var/backups/
> > but when i copied them over to /etc/ and rebooted nothing happened?
> > Should i then execute pwd_mkdb, or am i just talking nonsense?
>
> No, that's probably what you're missing.  Run the last step, that
> should be enough.
>
> > Um... i have a freebsd 4.4 installation cd that came with the book i
> > bought, but is that of any use?
>
> No, use the copy you have.  It probably has the correct users and
> passwords in it.
>
> Greg
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