Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 20:00:24 -0400 From: "Jeremy Gransden" <jeremy.gransden@gmail.com> To: "Roger Scow" <rdscow@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Have screwed up my longin and password Message-ID: <87f7f4170703141700r25b26014l594e71c7bc40c013@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <73B70035-8432-45A9-A5BE-FBB083C21C94@gmail.com> References: <73B70035-8432-45A9-A5BE-FBB083C21C94@gmail.com>
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On 3/14/07, Roger Scow <rdscow@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am totally new to FreeBSD, and have installed it and Gnome2/X11. > Somewhere in the process I have either corrupted or lost my password > and user name access. When I try to log into Gnome, either as root > or as username, it is a no go. > > I know that I set up myself as a user, and set a root password when I > was installing. > > What do I do now? Can I restart from the install CD and go back into > Sysinstall? > > I'm running FreeBSD 6.2 on a Macbook Pro, via Parallels Desktop. > > Thanks very much and sorry for such a stupid predicament. > > Roger > _______________________________________________ > 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" > try these instructions http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/admin.html#FORGOT-ROOT-PW also see this for changing your other passwords http://freebsd.active-venture.com/handbook/users-modifying.html especially section 8.6.4 example 8-7
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