Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:41:31 -0700 (PDT) From: James Phillips <anti_spam256@yahoo.ca> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd forgets root password Message-ID: <512226.96136.qm@web65509.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20091024014614.B8F5B1065698@hub.freebsd.org>
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=0A=0A> Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:46:03 -0500=0A> From: Adam Vande More <am= vandemore@gmail.com>=0A> Subject: Re: freebsd forgets root password=0A> To:= kalin m <kalin@el.net>=0A> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebs= d.org>=0A> Message-ID:=0A> =A0=A0=A0 <6201873e0910231846j4386baa9g3bd3eab21= fed1727@mail.gmail.com>=0A> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3DISO-8859-1= =0A> =0A> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 7:56 PM, kalin m <kalin@el.net>=0A> wrote= :=0A> =0A> >=0A> >=0A> > hi all ....=0A> >=0A> > this is really weird.=0A> = > i've must have set up the root password on this new=0A> machine i got at = least=0A> > 5 times and after a few reboots this thing forgets=0A> it.=0A> = > i have to go in single user and reset it again and=0A> again?!?=0A> >=0A>= > what can be the reason?=0A> >=0A> =0A> Couple guesses:=0A> =0A> You keep= forgetting the password=0A> caps lock=0A> =0AOn my BSD server, I have a ke= yboard with a failing shift key. This means if I touch-type the password on= e day, and "hunt&peck" the next, the result is not the same.=0A=0AWith how = flimsy the entry-level keyboards are these days, it may be *almost* as like= ly ;)=0A=0ARegards,=0A=0AJames Phillips=0A=0A=0A=0A __________________= ________________________________________________=0ALooking for the perfect = gift? Give the gift of Flickr! =0A=0Ahttp://www.flickr.com/gift/
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