From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Dec 13 15:25:32 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id PAA23417 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 13 Dec 1997 15:25:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from didda.est.is (ppp-21.est.is [194.144.208.121]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id PAA23408 for ; Sat, 13 Dec 1997 15:25:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from totii@est.is) Received: from est.is (didda.est.is [192.168.255.1]) by didda.est.is (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA00487; Sat, 13 Dec 1997 23:23:40 GMT (envelope-from totii@est.is) Message-ID: <349318FC.D6457899@est.is> Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 23:23:40 +0000 From: "Þorður Ivarsson" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Derrick Springer CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Partially Failed Installation Help References: <01bd072a$001997a0$076626cf@emm_nt_server.irvine.quik.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Derrick Springer wrote: > > I have a slight problem when installing FreeBSD. During the graphical > configuration of the XWindows system, the system did not respond corretly to > my MS InPort Mouse and I could not control the cursor to make any changes > (or abort the changes) and was forced to reboot the system. Now, when I try > to boot FreeBSD, I cannot log in because I never set a password for the root > account. I have tried logging in using every password (from and > beyond). I was wondering if there is a default password for the root account > that I'm missing, or am I just going to have to reinstall it all over again? > > Derrick Springer > tmknight@quik.com If you have not changed the /etc/ttys file for secureness of consoles you should be able to boot the computer with -s option (for single user) then run fsck and mount /usr , /var and so on and run chpass to set your root password. Hope this will help! -- Þórður Ívarsson Thordur Ivarsson Rafeindavirki Electronic technician Norðurgötu 30 Nordurgotu 30 Box 309 Box 309 602 Akureyri 602 Akureyri Ísland Iceland --------------------------------------------- FreeBSD has good features, Some others are full of unwanted features! ---------------------------------------------