Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 15:59:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Tim Erlin <tperlin@yahoo.com> To: Peter <fbsdq@yahoo.com>, "freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG>, "questions@freebsd.org" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Installing Message-ID: <20010516225901.83005.qmail@web11708.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <SAK.2001.05.16.spbklere@support10>
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Thanks. I was headed down that path just now and found that I needed to 'mount /usr' and 'mount -w /' to get the change to write properly. --Tim --- Peter <fbsdq@yahoo.com> wrote: > type 'mount /usr' > or better yet type 'vipw' [i think that is on /bin] > and just delete the encrypted password, then exit > and reboot into normal mode > type root and it won't assk for password. > > On 05/16/2001 4:51:30 PM, Tim Erlin is quoted as > saying: > > > . . . .|Ok, so for confirmations sake, I did > 'whereis passwd' > . . . .|and got '/usr/bin/passwd' > . . . .| > . . . .|I then booted into single user and ran > . . . .|'/usr/bin/passwd' and got '/usr/bin/passwd: > not found' > . . . .| > . . . .|It also appears that /usr is empty. Odd, no? > . . . .| > . . . .|--Tim > . . . .| > . . . .|--- Doug Young <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au> > wrote: > . . . .|> > . . . .|> > alright, so I just tried this method > (4.3-RELEASE) > . . . .|> and > . . . .|> > it doesn't seem to work for me. > . . . .|> > > . . . .|> > I get: > . . . .|> > > . . . .|> > #passwd > . . . .|> > passwd: not found > . . . .|> > # > . . . .|> > . . . .|> I'm certain that Brian is correct because > I've done > . . . .|> that many > . . . .|> times ... maybe you need to give the full > path to > . . . .|> "password" > . . . .|> or something (like "/usr/bin/passwd" or > wherever it > . . . .|> is) > . . . .|> > . . . .|> > . . . .|> To Unsubscribe: send mail to > majordomo@FreeBSD.org > . . . .|> with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the > body of > . . . .|> the message > . . . .| > . . . .| > . . . > .|__________________________________________________ > . . . .|Do You Yahoo!? > . . . .|Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at > great prices > . . . .|http://auctions.yahoo.com/ > . . . .| > . . . .|To Unsubscribe: send mail to > majordomo@FreeBSD.org > . . . .|with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the > body of the message > > > > www.nul.cjb.net > www.FreeBSD.org > > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at > http://mail.yahoo.com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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