Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 13:33:15 -0700 From: Aaron Holmes <evil@evildomain.org> To: Miguel <mmiranda@123.com.sv> Cc: Polina Mnouskina <polina_mnouskina@yahoo.com>, Andy Greenwood <greenwood.andy@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems booting operating system and with root password Message-ID: <4477660B.9030403@evildomain.org> In-Reply-To: <4477657D.90701@123.com.sv> References: <20060526184500.29026.qmail@web54701.mail.yahoo.com> <3ee9ca710605261240o1957520u50075f6ae2d826aa@mail.gmail.com> <4477657D.90701@123.com.sv>
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Miguel wrote: > Andy Greenwood wrote: > >> I don't know what you mean by kernel errors on boot, but you can >> recover your root password by booting into single user mode and then >> running passwd. > > > Hi, i have a similar problem, i forgot my root password and the server > its in a remote colocation site, is there a way to recover the > encrypted password and crackit some way, i have my normal account > (which is in wheel group), i even know that the root's pass begings > with MAG_"something", but i really cant remember the complete root's > pass, rebooting in single user mode is my best bet? > > --- > _______________________________________________ > 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" > There aren't any vulnerabilities (if i recall) for the passwd hashes. your best bet is single user mode
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