From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 28 20:54:45 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id UAA12528 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 28 Mar 1996 20:54:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts9-line12.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.93]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id UAA12518 for ; Thu, 28 Mar 1996 20:54:34 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id UAA01711; Thu, 28 Mar 1996 20:55:37 -0800 Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 20:55:37 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Kim Perkins cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Root Password In-Reply-To: <199603290129.MAA00242@hub.strathcona.vic.edu.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 29 Mar 1996, Kim Perkins wrote: > I have a problem with my root password. I changed the password with > passwd yesterday, wrote the password down and now I can not log into > the system as root. I keep getting a login incorrect > response. Oops! 1. Put -s on the Boot: prompt to drop to single user mode. 2. Mount / and /usr. 3. Use vipw and blank out root's password. 4. Use passwd and change root's password. 5. Reboot. 6. Don't forget your root password. Don't write it down either; someone might walk by and decide that a piece of paper with a bunch of letters on it looks like that machine's root password and try it. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major