Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 11:33:26 +0200 From: "Patrick O'Reilly" <bsd@perimeter.co.za> To: "Martins Struka" <martinss2000@inbox.lv>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Root problem & Passwords Message-ID: <01a001c1dfa9$9b3d08a0$b50d030a@PATRICK> References: <002101c1dfa2$e2ea81c0$0501a8c0@Bastion>
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> ----- Original Message ----- > From: Martins Struka > Dear Sir / Madam, > Our companys e-mail server is runing on FreeBSD. I need to add new accounts and edit exsisting accounts. > 1. What can I do if the superuser root password is missing and the second added user password is not known also? > 2. Is it possible to reinstal FreeBSD not loosing current configuration and data? > What can I do? I am desperate!! Please help me! Martins, To reset the root password: 1) Restart the computer (Ctrl-Alt-Del or Power On). 2) When you see the message counting down from 10 seconds, press Space Bar. 3) when you see the "ok" prompt, type "boot -s" - this provides root acces in single user mode. 4) At the shell prompt type: # fsck -p (File System Check) # mount -u / (mount / partition read/write) # mount -a -t ufs (mount all ufs partitions - /usr ...) # passwd (supply root passwd twice) # shutdown -r now (reboot to multi-user mode again) 5) Once you are able to log in as root again, you can use the passwd command to reset the other user's password. Regards, Patrick O'Reilly. ___ _ __ / _ )__ __ (_)_ __ ___ _/ /____ __ / __/ -_) _) / ~ ) -_), ,-/ -_) _) /_/ \__/_//_/_/~/_/\__/ \__/\__/_/ http://www.perimeter.co.za To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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