From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 4 00:45:58 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5E8816A4CF for ; Tue, 4 Jan 2005 00:45:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from out014.verizon.net (out014pub.verizon.net [206.46.170.46]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30D7943D31 for ; Tue, 4 Jan 2005 00:45:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from reso3w83@verizon.net) Received: from ringworm.mechee.com ([4.26.84.7]) by out014.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.06 201-253-122-130-106-20030910) with ESMTP id <20050104004557.NLSA28388.out014.verizon.net@ringworm.mechee.com> for ; Mon, 3 Jan 2005 18:45:57 -0600 Received: by ringworm.mechee.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 986892CE741; Mon, 3 Jan 2005 16:42:52 -0800 (PST) From: "Michael C. Shultz" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 16:42:51 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.2 References: <1500.24.199.44.89.1104779379.spork@webmail.mndr.com> In-Reply-To: <1500.24.199.44.89.1104779379.spork@webmail.mndr.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200501031642.51926.reso3w83@verizon.net> X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out014.verizon.net from [4.26.84.7] at Mon, 3 Jan 2005 18:45:57 -0600 Subject: Re: Help Please X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2005 00:45:59 -0000 On Monday 03 January 2005 11:09 am, daniel@mndr.com wrote: > ANYONE: > > I have a huge problem. Our systems admin at my work went nuts and > locked us out of our BSD 5.0 server. He has disabled anyone's su > privs. Additionally, we cannot boot into single user mode without > entering the root password. How can I get around this without losing > any data on the server? > Did someone forget to give him his Christmas bonus? -Mike