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Date:      Sat, 16 Apr 2005 14:02:01 -0400
From:      Marty Landman <MLandman@face2interface.com>
To:        Richard Collyer <richard@firebadger.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: lost root passwd
Message-ID:  <6.2.0.14.0.20050416140103.0204dd88@mail.face2interface.com>
In-Reply-To: <426146B0.6050008@firebadger.net>
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At 01:09 PM 4/16/2005, Richard Collyer wrote:
>Marty Landman wrote:
>>I have a relatively new 5.2 installation and have forgotten the root pw, 
>>although I can log on as a member of group wheel.
>>Not sure how to fix this situation.
>>1.   /etc/master.passwd has perm's of 0600 so afaik can't change this 
>>except as root
>>2.   rebooting from the installation CD then selecting single user mode 
>>throws me directly into /stand/sysinstall; from there selecting the reset 
>>root pw option is consistently ignored
>>3.   rebooting into single user mode from the HD, after entering
>># mount -t ufs -a
>>...
>># passwd
>>the response is
>>passwd: pam_chauthtok(): error in service module
>>
>>Anyway I can fix this?
>
>I suppose you havent got the password for toor?

Never set one, so it's not logon-able, right?

Marty


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