Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 06:49:02 +0100 From: Soeren Straarup <xride@x12.dk> To: Derekj Tourneo <derekj@tourneo.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: One method to recover a lost root password Message-ID: <20070317054902.GB2108@x12.dk> In-Reply-To: <000001c7680c$0a7255f0$0dd3000a@homexp> References: <000001c7680c$0a7255f0$0dd3000a@homexp>
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On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 08:45:30PM -0000, Derekj Tourneo wrote: > now edit the master password file > > vi /mnt/etc/master.passwd Try: vipw -d /mnt/etc It automaticly updates the right db(s) Futher reading: man 8 vipw /Soeren -- Soeren Straarup | aka OZ2DAK aka Xride FreeBSD committer | FreeBSD since 2.2.6-R If a program is not working right, then send a patch
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