Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 11:45:15 -0400 From: Nathan Vidican <webmaster@wmptl.com> To: Chris Picton <Chris.Picton@usko.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hacking the root password Message-ID: <393E6E0B.24295722@wmptl.com> References: <393E5F09.263BF8B3@usko.com>
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Chris Picton wrote: > > Hi > > I have just taken over the administration of some unix systems. There > is a machine, running as a secondary name server on FreeBSD for which no > record of the root password has been stored, so I can't log in to the > box. If it was a linux machine, I would boot off a floppy with > init=/bin/bash and manually change the root password. However, I have > never used FreeBSD before. How would I go about getting/changing the > root password for this machine. > > Regards > > -- > Chris Picton > Usko Communications Systems Developer > Chris.Picton@usko.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message halt the system during boot, and boot single-user mode, then mount the root partition, and vipw; reset the root passwd, (or simply 'passwd root'). An example below: halt bootup, (press -s) -> boot: -s [enter] -> /bin/sh [return] -> mount / -> vipw -> (or alternately) passwd root -> reboot That should do it for you, (you don't need a floppy). Nathan Vidican webmaster@wmptl.com Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd. http://www.wmptl.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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