Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 09:08:24 -0500 From: "Doug Reynolds" <mav@wastegate.net> To: "Dimitri T" <midiostri@yahoo.co.uk>, "questions@freebsd.org" <questions@freebsd.org> Cc: "midiostri@yahoo.co.uk" <midiostri@yahoo.co.uk> Subject: Re: the door is closed! Message-ID: <20011212140915.974E637B417@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20011212080445.20790.qmail@web14701.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Wed, 12 Dec 2001 08:04:45 +0000 (GMT), Dimitri T wrote: >i've just installed freebsd and i'm trying to login >for the first time but this seems impossible. > >i'm sure that during the installation i've typed the >word 'secret' as the root password but after rebooting >this password is not accepted! :( > >after this i've booted in single mode but when i give ># passwd root >and try to set the password, i get a "read-only file >system". vipw won't do it either.. boot single user, to get a writeable file system, i do this: umount -a mount -a that unmounts all systems, and mount remounts all as writeable, then run passwd --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net PGP Public Key Fingerprint: 6E7B 9993 B503 6D45 E33A 2019 26E5 C1DB To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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