Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 18:56:59 -0400 From: Marty Landman <MLandman@face2interface.com> To: b.rossen@onsnet.nu, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: lost root passwd Message-ID: <6.2.0.14.0.20050416185424.03f3e9f8@mail.face2interface.com> In-Reply-To: <200504170045.56394.ergosum@benjaminrossen.com> References: <200504170045.56394.ergosum@benjaminrossen.com>
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At 06:45 PM 4/16/2005, Benjamin Rossen wrote: >I think the problem you are having comes because you must boot your >machine in >single-user mode to make this work. > >Then: ># mount -u / ># mount /usr ># passed root Hi Benjamin. Joshua's earlier advice to do ># fsck -p ># mount -u / ># mount -a -t ufs prior to # passwd root did the trick for me. Thanks, sure wish I understood what most of this stuff does, but on the bright side a while back I wished I could make a useful machine out of FBSD, Apache, Perl etc.., so there is progress. Thanks, Marty Marty Landman, Face 2 Interface Inc. 845-679-9387 Search & Sort Easily: http://face2interface.com/Products/FormATable.shtml Web Installed Formmail: http://face2interface.com/formINSTal
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