Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 00:37:32 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> To: Desmond Lee <desmond.lee@shaw.ca> Cc: FreeBSD LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org>, freebsd-newbies <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: root unkown? Message-ID: <20020805003524.C88082-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> In-Reply-To: <CMEMLGKEKMLLFOICILNMGEFOCBAA.desmond.lee@shaw.ca>
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On Sun, 4 Aug 2002, Desmond Lee wrote: > Hi there - I can't log into my machine because i hosed the /etc/group and the /etc/master.passwd files while doing an upgrade. > Anywho, i'm looking at the freebsd faq , 10.14. I have forgotten the root password! What do I do?, to try and change the root password. But when i do 'passwd root' i get a message like 'passwd: Unkown user root". > Can someone please help me :( > Thanks > Desmond Can't you just boot up to kern.flp and mfsroot.flp floppies and start a Fixit or Holographic shell, then mount whichever HD partition to fix this? Makes you kind of wish that mount was passwordable -- and that the entire filesystem were encrypted in real-time! -- Peter Leftwich President & Founder Video2Video Services Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA +1-413-403-9555 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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