Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 13:38:33 -0400 From: "Swanson, Toby J." <tjswanson@tva.gov> To: "'Adam Ulmer'" <ulmer@ulmer.iserver.net> Cc: "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: how to hack root :) Message-ID: <8C8DCBC7A064D01181F30000F8014E277DBB11@knxnorois1b.noh.tva.gov>
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Sorry, I forgot to mention the console is in secure mode, requiring the root password on bootup. > ---------- > From: Adam Ulmer[SMTP:ulmer@ulmer.iserver.net] > Sent: Thursday, June 10, 1999 1:34 PM > To: Swanson, Toby J. > Subject: Re: how to hack root :) > > http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/FAQ138.html#138 > > Adam > > On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, Swanson, Toby J. wrote: > > > I need root access to a 2.1.7 host. The old administrator left without > > giving > > anyone (any information) the root password. This machine does not have > > a cdrom drive, only a floppy and the hard drives. The plan is to boot > up > > using the floppy, mount the root file system, vi /etc/passwd and remove > the > > root password, boot from the hard drive and log in as root. I searched > the > > FAQ and mailing list archives but did not find any instructions on doing > > > this sort of thing. I have booted using the install floppy, and then > opened > > > > vty4. However, I can't seem to get any commands to work there. > > > > Any help is appreciated, > > > > Toby > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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