Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 22:08:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Jesse Rock <jesse@accretive-networks.net> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: emergency password problem Message-ID: <20020417215138.W96969-100000@localhost>
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Please alert me if there is a more appropriate list for this question. I have a friend who called me up tonight in a panic with a problem that I do not have a solution for. Apperantly while in the process of changing passwords for both his primary user and root he was called away and when he returned to his dismay he no longer remembered the new password. Too complicate matters he has set an option that requires the root password in order to single user the machine as well. My question is two part. First, what if any options are there to be able to salvage this machine. While it is not a production machine in the real sense it does have many users and hosts a number of domains. The only thing I could think of would be the fixit disk but as a novice admin myself I am not aware of its abilities nor how to invoke them (any documentation would be appreciated). My second question deals with the possibility that nothing but a new install will cure the situation. To his credit he has everything on separate disks mounted as separate partitions. All of the files being served are on A disk that can be salvaged. If this machine is reinstalled, how do I add the other disk mounted as /usr/home to the new install and save the information? Would it be as easy as an fstab entry or is it necessary to relabel the disks, etc...? Any help would be greatly appreciated! ______________________________________________________________________________ Jesse J. Rock Accretive Technology Group Network Operations www.accretive-networks.net Seattle,Washington jesse@accretive-networks.net "Eschew Obfuscation" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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