Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 18:56:36 -0600 From: "Jamie Hermans" <freebsd@hermans.ca> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: 2.2.8 and single user mode Message-ID: <000001c1494a$c1a88960$641ca8c0@jhermansw2k>
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Hi... We have a bunch (OK, hundreds) of FreeBSD 2.2.8 machines in production right now, and we've some across an interesting "snag" while trying to tighten down security on them. (Please do not suggest upgrading - that is not an option at this time.) Normally, by editing the file /etc/ttys, and changing the console line to "insecure", you are required to enter root's password when booting in single user mode. At least this is how it works in current versions of FreeBSD. Was/is there a trick to make this work under 2.x? Right now, we get to the password prompt (or press ^D to continue in multi-user mode), but root's password does not work. In fact, nothing works ... ^D goes multi-user as expected, and just pressing Enter does the same thing. Help :) -- Jamie To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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