From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 7 7:12: 4 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 7 07:12:02 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from pfa0frpk001.panasonicfa.com (unknown [38.248.119.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C5C037B400 for ; Thu, 7 Dec 2000 07:12:01 -0800 (PST) Received: by exchange.panasonicfa.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Thu, 7 Dec 2000 09:11:59 -0600 Message-ID: <054F7DAA9E54D311AD090008C74CE9BD01F1E76D@exchange.panasonicfa.com> From: "Zaitsau, Andrei" To: "'jim@lust.geekhouse.net'" , Ken Bolingbroke Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: RE: lost root password Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 09:11:05 -0600 Return-Receipt-To: "Zaitsau, Andrei" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Jim, The situation is more complicated... As far as I told in my previous e-mail: Single User mode is also password protected, and floppy & CD-ROM is not accessible. -----Original Message----- From: Jim Mock [mailto:jim@lust.geekhouse.net] Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 7:51 PM To: Ken Bolingbroke Cc: Zaitsau, Andrei; 'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org' Subject: Re: lost root password On Wed, 06 Dec 2000 at 14:25:01 -0800, Ken Bolingbroke wrote: > It's not all that hard to temporarily (or even permanently) plug a spare > floppy drive into the machine... The alternative is to "crack" through > the machine's security. This is covered in the FAQ. It has nothing to do with "cracking" the machine's security. And why would he need a floppy? All you need to do is: 1) Reboot the machine. 2) Press a key other than enter. 3) Type boot -s at the prompt. 4) When it asks which shell to use, hit enter. 5) At the root prompt, do "mount -u /". 6) Run "mount -a". 7) Run "passwd root" and change the password. See http://www.FreeBSD.org/FAQ/admin.html#FORGOT-ROOT-PW for the FAQ entry. - jim -- jim mock work: jim@osd.bsdi.com | jim@FreeBSD.org http://soupnazi.org/ BSDi Open Source Div | http://bsdi.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message