Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 20:55:37 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: Kim Perkins <kperkins@hub.strathcona.vic.edu.au> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Root Password Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960328205219.1542L-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199603290129.MAA00242@hub.strathcona.vic.edu.au>
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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
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