Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:44:58 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: APseudoUtopia <apseudoutopia@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Locked out of Root Message-ID: <444p33pmbp.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> In-Reply-To: <27ade5280810221955l6bb7fe23u504b008e6799fc57@mail.gmail.com> (apseudoutopia@gmail.com's message of "Wed\, 22 Oct 2008 22\:55\:19 -0400") References: <27ade5280810221955l6bb7fe23u504b008e6799fc57@mail.gmail.com>
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APseudoUtopia <apseudoutopia@gmail.com> writes: > I have one user (other than root and the other system users) on my > box, and that user is _NOT_ in the wheel group. I also have root > logins disabled via SSH. This is a remote server and all I have is SSH > access. > > Is there any way that I can gain root? I know the root password and > everything, but I just can't get to it. The user is not in the wheel > group, and root login is disabled in SSH. > > Thanks for any help/advice. You'll need to reboot in single-user mode. E.g., http://be-well.ilk.org/FreeBSD/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/admin.html#SU-WHEEL-GROUP -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/
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