Date: 22 Oct 2003 10:06:12 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [freebsd-questions] root passwd change Message-ID: <44smllcqp7.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20031021101552.74469a30.pogrose@twcny.rr.com> References: <3F8315EE.5CDBCE70@chatusa.com> <20031021002425.48bbda15.pogrose@twcny.rr.com> <44u162zr51.fsf_-_@be-well.ilk.org> <20031021101552.74469a30.pogrose@twcny.rr.com>
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Eric Pogroski <pogrose@twcny.rr.com> writes: > here's whats needed: > > <presuming a full, multiuser system is running> > # shutdown now > # <hit return at the prompt for 'sh'> (csh & tcsh both go fubar in > single-user mode) <at this point, all of the filesystems are > still mounted> > # passwd root <--- this is important - lost one system by NOT doing > this > # exit -or- reboot <--- I prefer a reboot, but that's me. Oh, right; we're only trying to change the root password here. That's not actually affected by securelevel at all, so that was a red herring for me to bring up securelevel in the first place. > work's about 9 times out of 10. It's the tenth one that makes you bald > from frustration... :) You need the ability to invoke shutdown. Since you don't have the root password, you need some other account with either root (via sudo, for example) or operator-group access.
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