From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 15 00:00:25 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06A6F16A401 for ; Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:00:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeremy.gransden@gmail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.247]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B740113C46C for ; Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:00:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeremy.gransden@gmail.com) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id c24so386619ana for ; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:00:24 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=XgwvQVn4mKG83mLpp5EUN4rYbqzDkbr2U2CP/eRr/c13YRKGon+ca+VLEMvlfgxZMhBCKvl9HRQPLN0qwgLYMgehBjSMnvHkaQm8y/Ss8/zvrNrOGDMAvev82nLu+BUYaFYOXO60MC1YiLOsrmWA5arrll4xfVmNtEh4vuE5DTc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=VDTldHjBoxs2gvzD4B7Z8RLp0A08C600xGxlADsXaxtA60mg4aORnn3793c5bqQs1bjbgAAVAM5L5erU59vPpvMAam14/mvZ4Q4dbCamOYPHAtbovkiG8ksCT8LXrX4DQM745UaZPtDaGBVQTq3iXND1uJEtx5ec9roV51rD4xQ= Received: by 10.100.112.19 with SMTP id k19mr2591277anc.1173916824048; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:00:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.100.142.13 with HTTP; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:00:24 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <87f7f4170703141700r25b26014l594e71c7bc40c013@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 20:00:24 -0400 From: "Jeremy Gransden" To: "Roger Scow" In-Reply-To: <73B70035-8432-45A9-A5BE-FBB083C21C94@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <73B70035-8432-45A9-A5BE-FBB083C21C94@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Have screwed up my longin and password X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:00:25 -0000 On 3/14/07, Roger Scow 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