From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Jun 11 14:14:12 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from homer.web-ex.com (homer.web-ex.com [209.54.66.254]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 383AB14C42 for ; Fri, 11 Jun 1999 14:14:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jim@web-ex.com) Received: from localhost (jim@localhost) by homer.web-ex.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA17852; Fri, 11 Jun 1999 17:13:57 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jim@web-ex.com) X-Authentication-Warning: homer.web-ex.com: jim owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 17:13:57 -0400 (EDT) From: Jim Cassata To: nunnari Cc: stable Subject: Re: forgot root password!! In-Reply-To: <375F8E67.B7399D8B@agie.ch> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is not Linux, you can boot to single user mode from the console. then mount the filesystems and edit out the root password. Jim Cassata On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, nunnari wrote: > Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 12:07:35 +0200 > From: nunnari > To: stable > Subject: forgot root password!! > > Hi there. > > Can anybody tell me how I can solve this problem? > I tried to boot using the boot/fixit floppies but it doesn't > work. When I select fixit from the boot menu, it asks for > the fixit floppy but then when trying to read it, it hangs. > I also tried the holo..shell on VT4, but from that shell > I can't even issue ls nor anything else (probably I should > mount a filesystem first???) as it not recognized as a > command. > > I'm using FreeBSD 3.0 > Any advice/hints? > > Best regards. > -- > Roberto Nunnari -software engineer- > mailto:roberto.nunnari@agie.ch > AGIE - http://www.agie.com > Via dei pioppi 16 tel: +41-91-8069138 > 6616 Losone """ > Switzerland (o o) > =======================oOO==(_)==OOo======================== > MY OPNIONS ARE NOT NECESSARELY THOSE OF MY EMPLOYER > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > Jim Cassata 516.421.6000 jim@web-ex.com Web Express 20 Broadhollow Road Suite 3011 Melville, NY 11747 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message