Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 11:49:43 -0700 From: "Douglas C. Garrick" <dcg@panther.pacificorp.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: I blew it bad! Message-ID: <9702261849.AA11821@panther>
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Well I apparently dropped a quotation mark while editing /etc/sysconfig yesterday. Because now, when the machine boots it hits the error in /etc/sysconfig and bombs. It tells me to supply the root password or ^D to boot multiuser. Problem... I have never NEVER supplied a root password. And I sure can't rememer changing the console to insecure in /etc/ttys. So I have a problem. Is there a way to boot and bypass /etc/sysconfig? If not how can I use a fixit floppy to mount /dev/sd01a and vi the /mnt/etc/sysconfig? Or is there some other way to boot to single user and fix the /etc/sysconfig? Or is there some secret password recovery scheme that I can use to find a nonexistant password? Thanks for all your help Doug **************************************************************** * * * Douglas C. Garrick * * Systems Administrator * * Bridger Coal Company * * P.O. Box 2068 * * 9.5 miles n.e. of Point of Rocks Wyoming * * Rock Springs, Wyoming 82901-2068 * * * * voice (307).382.9742 fax (307).362.5330 * * email dcg@panther.upl.com * * * ****************************************************************
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