Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 15:24:31 -0600 From: Miguel <mmiranda@123.com.sv> To: Atom Powers <atom.powers@gmail.com> Cc: Polina Mnouskina <polina_mnouskina@yahoo.com>, Andy Greenwood <greenwood.andy@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems booting operating system and with root password Message-ID: <4477720F.2000302@123.com.sv> In-Reply-To: <df9ac37c0605261352x4e8bdca9u605c2d95ff0215fc@mail.gmail.com> References: <20060526184500.29026.qmail@web54701.mail.yahoo.com> <3ee9ca710605261240o1957520u50075f6ae2d826aa@mail.gmail.com> <4477657D.90701@123.com.sv> <df9ac37c0605261352x4e8bdca9u605c2d95ff0215fc@mail.gmail.com>
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Atom Powers wrote:
> On 5/26/06, Miguel <mmiranda@123.com.sv> wrote:
>
>> Hi, i have a similar problem, i forgot my root password and the server
>> its in a remote colocation site, is there a way to recover the encrypted
>> password and crackit some way, i have my normal account (which is in
>> wheel group), i even know that the root's pass begings with
>> MAG_"something", but i really cant remember the complete root's pass,
>> rebooting in single user mode is my best bet?
>>
>
> If you are in wheel, then you should be able to "sudo su" to switch to
> the root account and then "passwd root" to reset the password.
>
:-(
No luck, this is the error
> sudo su
We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System
Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things:
#1) Respect the privacy of others.
#2) Think before you type.
#3) With great power comes great responsibility.
Password:
mmiranda is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.
> sudo su
mmiranda is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.
> passwd root
passwd: permission denied
>
I entered my account's password...
Anything more?
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