Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 17:50:37 -0800 From: Jim Mock <jim@lust.geekhouse.net> To: Ken Bolingbroke <hacker@bolingbroke.com> Cc: "Zaitsau, Andrei" <AZaitsau@panasonicfa.com>, "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: lost root password Message-ID: <20001206175036.A17747@envy.geekhouse.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012061422170.98775-100000@fremont.bolingbroke.com>; from hacker@bolingbroke.com on Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 02:25:01PM -0800 References: <054F7DAA9E54D311AD090008C74CE9BD01F1E768@exchange.panasonicfa.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012061422170.98775-100000@fremont.bolingbroke.com>
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On Wed, 06 Dec 2000 at 14:25:01 -0800, Ken Bolingbroke wrote: > It's not all that hard to temporarily (or even permanently) plug a spare > floppy drive into the machine... The alternative is to "crack" through > the machine's security. This is covered in the FAQ. It has nothing to do with "cracking" the machine's security. And why would he need a floppy? All you need to do is: 1) Reboot the machine. 2) Press a key other than enter. 3) Type boot -s at the prompt. 4) When it asks which shell to use, hit enter. 5) At the root prompt, do "mount -u /". 6) Run "mount -a". 7) Run "passwd root" and change the password. See http://www.FreeBSD.org/FAQ/admin.html#FORGOT-ROOT-PW for the FAQ entry. - jim -- jim mock <jim@jmock.com> work: jim@osd.bsdi.com | jim@FreeBSD.org http://soupnazi.org/ BSDi Open Source Div | http://bsdi.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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