Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 11:10:54 +0100 From: "Rink Springer" <rink@springer.cx> To: "Zaitsau, Andrei" <AZaitsau@panasonicfa.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: <mertis@ameritech.net> Subject: Re: lost root password Message-ID: <001f01c06035$fc1ac580$020010ac@aurum> References: <054F7DAA9E54D311AD090008C74CE9BD01F1E766@exchange.panasonicfa.com>
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Easy: Boot FreeBSD using a kernel and fixit floppy, mount the all filesystems from your disk on /mnt (so that'll be /mnt for root, /mnt/usr for /usr etc), and chroot /mnt. Then, you can just passwd(1) it. --Rink ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zaitsau, Andrei" <AZaitsau@panasonicfa.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: <mertis@ameritech.net> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 11:04 PM Subject: lost root password > Hello Everybody, > There is very funny problem. > My friend managed to forget his root password somehow :) > Single user mode is also password protected. > The system does not have floppy or CD-ROM drive, it can be accessed directly > or via network, he only can login via guest account.(Telnet, FTP is > working). > Does anyone has any Idea how he can get root password recovered? > I just do not have any clues how to do that. > Thanks. > P.S.This really hilarious :) > > > 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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