From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 19 3:16:16 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from everest.wananchi.com (everest.wananchi.com [62.8.64.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82FC137B401 for ; Tue, 19 Jun 2001 03:16:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wash@wananchi.com) Received: from wash by everest.wananchi.com with local (Exim 3.22 #2) id 15CIYS-000BNE-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 19 Jun 2001 13:16:16 +0300 Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 13:16:16 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: single user Message-ID: <20010619131616.B41408@everest.wananchi.com> Mail-Followup-To: Odhiambo Washington , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" References: <20010619084603.45955.qmail@web11904.mail.yahoo.com> <3B2F1543.A42FEEA1@jak.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-md5; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="OwLcNYc0lM97+oe1" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3B2F1543.A42FEEA1@jak.nl>; from "Arjan Knepper" on Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 11:02:59AM +0200 X-Disclaimer: My opinions do not necessarily represent those of my employer. X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE i386 X-Mailer: Mutt http://www.mutt.org/ X-Designation: Systems Administrator, Wananchi Online Ltd. X-Location: Nairobi, KE, East Africa. X-Uptime: 1:07PM up 27 days, 2:09, 2 users, load averages: 0.17, 0.22, 0.18 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --OwLcNYc0lM97+oe1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable * Arjan Knepper [20010619 11:59]: writing on the subject 'Re= : single user' Arjan> Reboot in single user mode Arjan>=20 Arjan> - reboot Arjan> - boot -s Arjan> - mount filesystems Arjan> you should be able to edit anything you want AS ROOT Arjan>=20 Arjan> see : Arjan> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/admin.html#FORG= OT-ROOT-PW Did I hear that he setup such that even single user mode even asks for password? Fixit??? Arjan>=20 Arjan> richard harris wrote: Arjan>=20 Arjan> > Hi... Arjan> > I prevent booting FreeBSD into the single user mode Arjan> > with this path Arjan> > in /etc/ttys:# Arjan> > # This entry needed for asking password when init goes Arjan> > to single-usermode Arjan> > # If you want to be asked for password, change Arjan> > "secure" to "insecure"here Arjan> > console none unknown off secure Arjan> > Arjan> > but right now i forgot my root password, so what can i Arjan> > do??? Arjan> > Arjan> > __________________________________________________ Arjan> > Do You Yahoo!? Arjan> > Spot the hottest trends in music, movies, and more. Arjan> > http://buzz.yahoo.com/ Arjan> > Arjan> > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org Arjan> > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Arjan>=20 Arjan>=20 Arjan> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org Arjan> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -Wash -- Odhiambo Washington Wananchi Online Ltd., wash@wananchi.com 1st Flr Loita Hse. Tel: 254 2 313985 Loita Street., Fax: 254 2 313922 PO Box 10286,00100-NAIROBI,KE. Don't drink when you drive -- you might hit a bump and spill it.=20 --OwLcNYc0lM97+oe1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7LyZwn7LIsuxjem8RAkQtAKCCQN4y7pwEXGdkZVietGQ9jIIOfACeP8wq H9uWKuNCQSbHrhyUjRosKLI= =XPl2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --OwLcNYc0lM97+oe1-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message