Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 11:17:54 -0700 From: Joshua Oreman <oremanj@get-linux.org> To: Jimmy Kimanzi <jimmy@swiftkenya.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kuser/root account problem Message-ID: <20030820181754.GB23284@webserver> In-Reply-To: <002c01c3671e$a790a460$73c0f050@jish> References: <002c01c3671e$a790a460$73c0f050@jish>
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On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 04:26:24PM +0300 or thereabouts, Jimmy Kimanzi wrote:
> Hi
>
> I used the kuser utility in KDE to add a user to the wheel group and it seems to have deleted the root account and I can't login as root now .
> Anyone know how I can fix this ?
> I'm running FreeBSD 5.1 - RELEASE and KDE 3.1.2.
Try <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<F1>, then login as root. I think kuser probably forgot to run pwd_mkdb -- lucky for you :-)
If that doesn't work, follow the instructions for a "forgotten root password"
('tis in the FAQ). When you're in single user mode, try `grep root /etc/master.passwd'.
If something comes back, type `passwd root' to reset root's password. If nothing comes back,
you'll have to add a line for root manually in /etc/master.passwd. Then run pwd_mkdb /etc/master.passwd.
Whatever you do, type `exit' or <Ctrl>+D now.
-- Josh
>
> Jimmy.
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