Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 17:31:01 -0400 From: "Ken Blundell" <ken@osicom.net> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: HELP - HELP - Lost Root Password Message-ID: <01bdca26$54c4e600$0667eccf@hermes.osicom.net>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0022_01BDCA04.CDB34600 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Please can anybody help me...... We've lost the password for root access to our FreeBSD box. We're running FBSD 2.2.2 I've tried booting into single user mode (-s) and mounting my drive so = it's read-write (mount /dev/sd0a) I then removed edited the the file /etc/master.passwd and removed the = encrypted passwd from the root entry. At the console now when I press = the enter key for the password, all it says is Login incorrect.....???? We need to get into the system, can anybody help...... You can call toll free at 1-888-361-4649 Thanks in advance ....... anybody!!!! =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Ken Blundell Network Administrator / Webmaster / Technical Geek .../ ken@osicom.net -- http://www.osicom.net "UNIX is friendly. It's just a little more picky of who its friends are." =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D ------=_NextPart_000_0022_01BDCA04.CDB34600 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.71.1712.3"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Please can anybody help = me......</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>We've lost the password for root access to our = FreeBSD=20 box.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>We're running FBSD 2.2.2</FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>I've tried booting into single user mode (-s) and = mounting my=20 drive so it's read-write (mount /dev/sd0a)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>I then removed edited the the file = /etc/master.passwd and=20 removed the encrypted passwd from the root entry. At the console = now when=20 I press the enter key for the password, all it says is Login=20 incorrect.....????</FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>We need to get into the system, can anybody=20 help......</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>You can call toll free at=20 1-888-361-4649</FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2><BR>Thanks in advance .......=20 anybody!!!!</FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000=20 size=3D2>=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D<= BR>Ken Blundell<BR>Network=20 Administrator / Webmaster / Technical Geek .../<BR><A=20 href=3D"mailto:ken@osicom.net">ken@osicom.net</A> -- <A=20 href=3D"http://www.osicom.net">http://www.osicom.net</A></FONT></DIV>; <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>"UNIX is friendly. It's just a = little=20 more<BR>picky of who its friends=20 are."<BR>=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D</FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0022_01BDCA04.CDB34600-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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