Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 19:50:25 +0000 From: Simon Dick <simond@irrelevant.org> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: Doug Reynolds <mav@wastegate.net>, Dimitri T <midiostri@yahoo.co.uk>, "questions@freebsd.org" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: the door is closed! Message-ID: <20011212195024.GA44104@irrelevant.org> In-Reply-To: <200112121930.fBCJURd28098@ptavv.es.net> References: <20011212140915.974E637B417@hub.freebsd.org> <200112121930.fBCJURd28098@ptavv.es.net>
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On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 11:30:27AM -0800, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > From: "Doug Reynolds" <mav@wastegate.net> > > Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 09:08:24 -0500 > > Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > > > On Wed, 12 Dec 2001 08:04:45 +0000 (GMT), Dimitri T wrote: > > > > >i've just installed freebsd and i'm trying to login > > >for the first time but this seems impossible. > > > > > >i'm sure that during the installation i've typed the > > >word 'secret' as the root password but after rebooting > > >this password is not accepted! :( > > > > > >after this i've booted in single mode but when i give > > ># passwd root > > >and try to set the password, i get a "read-only file > > >system". vipw won't do it either.. > > > > boot single user, to get a writeable file system, i do this: > > > > umount -a > > mount -a > > > > that unmounts all systems, and mount remounts all as writeable, then > > run passwd > > While this works, it is just slightly risky. The handbook recommends: > fsck -p > mount -u / You don't actually to do this stage, mount has a special case handling the root filesystem that automatically assumes this flag on the mount -a call. > mount -a > > The first command is important as it makes sure that FS is fully > consistent before allowing writes. (It is probably not really > important on volumes running soft updates.) It's still a good idea :) -- Simon Dick simond@irrelevant.org "Why do I get this urge to go bowling everytime I see Tux?" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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