Date: Tue, 22 Aug 95 18:13:56 -0400 From: LPPelletier@cmq.qc.ca (Luc Pelletier) To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Root passwd again! Message-ID: <2181147.ensmtp@cmq.qc.ca>
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Hi everybody! A few days ago, I sent the following message : >I have forget my root password. What can I do to recover from that? >Is there some kind of trick? >I thought of making some special boot diskette in order to edit the password file. >Will that work? How can I make this disquette? HERE ARE THE ANSWERS I GOT : At the boot prompt, specify the "-s" flag. This will drop you into single user mode where you can change root's password to what every you want. Justin T. Gibbs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Just boot with -s, then mount -a, then run passwd. Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@cdsnet.net> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- If your console was not made secure, boot single user (with the '-s' option at the FreeBSD boot prompt). Then fsck -p all your disks, mount -a and passwd. -Guido ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- Try "-s" at the kernel boot prompt; that will put you in single user mode. You can then use the passwd command to fix the password. Mike Newell HERE IS MY PROBLEM STATUS ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON : At the boot: prompt, I typed -s and nothing else. The system proceed and I got to the 'Type CTRL-D for normal startup or root password for system maintenance' prompt. Remeber : I don't remember my root password! I told myself that I did something wrong. I reboot the system and, at the boot: prompt, I typed hd(0,a)/kernel -s but again I got the 'Type CTRL-D for normal startup or root password for system maintenance' prompt. QUESTION : What should I type exactly at the boot: prompt to avoid being asked for the root password and to be able to enter a new one? Thank you, thank you, thank you -Lpp
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