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Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 15:03:10 +0600
From: "Sergey N. Voronkov" <serg@tmn.ru>
To: richard harris <h4rris_99@yahoo.com>
Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: single user
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On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 01:55:47AM -0700, richard harris wrote:
> Hi...
> I prevent booting FreeBSD into the single user mode
> with this path:
> 
> in /etc/ttys:#
> # This entry needed for asking password when init goes
> to single-usermode
> # If you want to be asked for password, change
> "secure" to "insecure"here
> console none                         unknown off
> secure
> 
> but unfortunaly right now i'm forget my root password,
> so what can i do??????

Hi!

Boot from fixit disk (doesn't matter wich version you have).
Mount your root partition (rw) and edit /etc/ttys.

Bye,

Serg N. Voronkov.

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