From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 15 13:54:45 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA8C716A4CE for ; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 13:54:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FAD143D48 for ; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 13:54:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) j3FDsib0004674; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 09:54:44 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.2/Submit) id j3FDsisP004673; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 09:54:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200504151354.j3FDsisP004673@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: mzaini@gmail.com Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 09:54:44 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <5fcc390105041419095655d3a7@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL7] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Default root password for FreeBSD 4.2-RC2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 13:54:45 -0000 > > Hi, > > May I know the default root password for FreeBSD 5.4-RC2? My system > was previously running FreeBSD 5.3-SECURITY. Then I set the option in > sysinstall to 5.4-RC2 and upgrade the base distribution. After that I > accidentally rebooted the server. Now I could no longer access the > server. There is none. When FreeBSD is first installed, you are offered the option, during installation, to specify a root password. If that was done, then that is it. If not, there is no root password. You could log in to root without a password - a dangerous situation which should not be left that way. But, the system is also set up by default to disallow a root log-in from a remote host. So, you would have to be at the console in order to log in as root unless that has been modified. If you are at the console, you will need to do a boot to single user mode, do an fsck and then mount needed file systems. Then you can set the root password and any config stuff to allow logins as needed. ////jerry > > Thanks > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >