From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 4 20:08:51 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA19311 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 4 Apr 1997 20:08:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from mixcom.mixcom.com (mixcom.mixcom.com [198.137.186.100]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id UAA19306 for ; Fri, 4 Apr 1997 20:08:47 -0800 (PST) Received: by mixcom.mixcom.com (8.6.12/2.2) id WAA15105; Fri, 4 Apr 1997 22:09:09 -0600 Received: from p75.mixcom.com(198.137.186.25) by mixcom.mixcom.com via smap (V1.3) id sma015093; Sat Apr 5 04:09:02 1997 Message-Id: <3.0.32.19970404220253.006fa86c@mixcom.com> X-Sender: sysop@mixcom.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Fri, 04 Apr 1997 22:02:54 -0600 To: Doug White From: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" Subject: Re: Help !! Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 01:17 PM 3/30/97 -0800, Doug White wrote: >On Thu, 27 Mar 1997, Jeffrey J. Mountin wrote: > >> Huh? What about 'passwd root' or 'chpass root'? > >Don't you have to be root to do this? Yes, or single user as you mentioned. Here is the original reply: At 11:19 AM 3/27/97 -0800, Doug White wrote: --snip-- >If you haven'tsecured the console, you can type '-s' at the boot: prompt >to get to single user mode. From thereyou can use vipw and fix your root >password. > >> I want to worked on the master.passwd file ! > >Only use vipw when editing the password file. Unless you know what your password is *after* is is encrypted, how can vipw be used to change your password? ------------------------------------------- Jeff Mountin - System/Network Administrator jeff@mixcom.net MIX Communications Serving the Internet since 1990