Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:51:47 -0700 From: Jeremy Johnston <jeremy@stormy.smart-serv.net> To: Walt Elam <wrelam@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Root password not working on console Message-ID: <50414003.9090400@stormy.smart-serv.net> In-Reply-To: <CAConN%2BmaBrGrHPC3ohxkaDztUQms6j=VOgpu0viCTDT%2BXKcy6A@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAConN%2BmaBrGrHPC3ohxkaDztUQms6j=VOgpu0viCTDT%2BXKcy6A@mail.gmail.com>
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On 08/31/2012 03:37 PM, Walt Elam wrote: > I recently *accidentally* removed myself from the wheel group, so I was no > longer able to use su to root. To fix it, I hooked up a monitor and > keyboard to my FreeBSD 8.2 box so I could login as root, but it kept > rejecting my password. I restarted the machine in single-user mode, did the > following: > > mount -u / > mount -a > passwd > exit > > So it booted back in to multi-user mode. Once again, I tried to login as > root, but got the same "Login incorrect" message. Puzzled, I repeated the > previous steps using the password "pass" this time. However, I went ahead > and added my user account to the wheel group while in single-user mode. > Once in multi-user mode again, I still got "Login incorrect" (specifically, > pam_acct_mgmt(): authentication error) when logging in as root. I SSH'd to > the machine as my regular user, typed su, and entered "pass" which worked > just fine. > > So, I have absolutely no clue why I am unable to login to my machine, on > the console, as root with "pass", but it works when using su from a regular > user account. I tried searching around but almost all of the hits are about > resetting the root password in single-user mode. Does any one know what I'm > doing incorrectly? > > Thanks for any help in advance, > > -Walt The only thing that comes to mind would be to check /etc/ttys and see if the console ttys are set to insecure, which would prevent root login. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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