Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 12:19:29 +1000 From: Carey Nairn <C.Nairn@dpac.tas.gov.au> To: "Ken Blundell" <ken@osicom.net>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: HELP - HELP - Lost Root Password Message-ID: <199808180218.MAA12809@healy.dpac.tas.gov.au> In-Reply-To: <01bdca26$54c4e600$0667eccf@hermes.osicom.net>
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<html> When you boot to single user mode you need to CHANGE the root password. Removing the password from the passwd file isn't enough as the password database needs to be rebuilt.<br> <br> cheers,<br> Carey Nairn<br> <br> At 17:31 17/08/98 -0400, Ken Blundell wrote: <br> <font size=3D2><blockquote type=3Dcite cite>Please can anybody help me......</font><br> <font size=3D3>=A0<br> </font><font size=3D2>We've lost the password for root access to our FreeBSD box.</font><br> We're running FBSD 2.2.2<font size=3D3>=A0<br> =A0<br> </font><font size=3D2>I've tried booting into single user mode (-s) and mounting my drive so it's read-write (mount /dev/sd0a)</font><br> I then removed edited the the file /etc/master.passwd and removed the encrypted passwd from the root entry.=A0 At the console now when I press the enter key for the password, all it says is Login incorrect.....????<font size=3D3>=A0<br> =A0<br> </font><font size=3D2>We need to get into the system, can anybody help......</font><br> <font size=3D3>=A0<br> </font><font size=3D2>You can call toll free at 1-888-361-4649</font><font size=3D3>=A0<br> </font><br> <font size=3D2>Thanks in advance ....... anybody!!!!</font><font size=3D3>=A0<br> =A0<br> </font><font size=3D2>=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D<br> Ken Blundell<br> Network Administrator / Webmaster / Technical Geek .../<br> <a href=3D"mailto:ken@osicom.net">ken@osicom.net</a>=A0 -- <a href=3D"http://www.osicom.net">http://www.osicom.net</a></font><br>; "UNIX is friendly. It's just a little more<br> picky of who its friends are."<br> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D<font= size=3D3>=A0<br> =A0<br> </blockquote><br> </font> <BR> <div>Carey Nairn  = ; <x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab> </x-tab><a= href=3D"mailto:C.Nairn@dpac.tas.gov.au"= EUDORA=3DAUTOURL>Mailto:C.Nairn@dpac.tas.gov.au</a></div> <div>Information Systems Branch <x-tab> </x-tab>Phone: (03) 6233 3077</div> <div>Dept of Premier & Cabinet &nb= sp; <x-tab> </x-tab>Fax: (03) 6224 3174</div> <div>GPO Box 123b Hobart, Tasmania=20 7001<x-tab> </x-tab></div> <div>AUSTRALIA</div> <div>_______________________________________________________________________= __</div> </html> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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