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Subject: Re: help!!!! i forget passwd root and i have ttys close
In-Reply-To: <003001c0551f$779e8b00$972e22c8@Lumac> "from Ing. Guillermo R. Martinez
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From: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org>
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> Thanks .
> 
>     I did this becaue I have to many problems whit craker ( last
> Administrator fo my site ) .
> in this momen I?m booting whit one floppy,
> 
> but i can not change my passwd, you have other idea ?

Boot from a floppy and edit /etc/ttys to remove the 'insecure' flag.

> > [ Charset ISO-8859-1 unsupported, converting... ]
> > > yes I know, but I can not open my system because in my ttys are one line
> > > said
> > >
> > > #
> > > ttyv0   "/usr/libexec/getty Pc"         cons25  on insecure
> >
> > I don't know why you did that, but the basic idea would be to boot
> > from a floppy (I believe the fixit disk should work), mount your root
> > filesystem, edit the password file unsetting the password, rebuilding
> > the password databases, and rebooting.  Or, if you don't want to mess
> > with the password databases, just edit /etc/ttys.
> >
> > BTW, when replying, please cc the original recipients; in this case,
> > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org.  Thanks.
> >
> > >
> > > > [ Charset ISO-8859-1 unsupported, converting... ]
> > > > > I forget passwd of root, I access my sistem how admin but i can not
> > > > > su login, my ttys is marked insecure all WHAT I DO ??
> > > >
> > > > RTFM.  More specifically, read
> > > > http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/admin.html#FORGOT-ROOT-PW.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org>
> > > > Finger dima@unixfreak.org for my public PGP key.
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org>
> > Finger dima@unixfreak.org for my public PGP key.
> >
> > "Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you
> > count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet."
> > -- Dave Barry
> >
> 
> 


-- 
Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org>
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