Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 10:22:16 -0700 From: Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu> To: "Rak, Simon" <srak@cpl.com> Cc: "'Michel Adamus'" <madamus@connectalk.com>, "'Leon Myburgh'" <Leon@TicketWeb.co.za>, "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Root Password Message-ID: <19990603102216.C58665@wopr.caltech.edu> In-Reply-To: <1612A004AAE6D211BE2700A0C9D5CCBF196D21@bass.cpl.com>; from Rak, Simon on Thu, Jun 03, 1999 at 10:16:06AM -0400 References: <1612A004AAE6D211BE2700A0C9D5CCBF196D21@bass.cpl.com>
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On Thu, Jun 03, 1999 at 10:16:06AM -0400, Rak, Simon wrote: > That of course only works if the system console has not been labeled > 'insecure' in /etc/ttys. If it has, it will be a lot more difficult. It should be a little harder, but not too bad. You should be able to boot your distribution media (CD-ROM or floppy), go into "Fixit" mode, mount your disk, and clear root's password. -- Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu> * Science rules. http://www.pobox.com/~mph/ * To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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