Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 09:59:55 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <Jonathan.Chen@itouch.co.nz> To: Matthew Smart <mcsmart@eecs.umich.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: forgotten root passwd Message-ID: <20000504095955.D13557@jonc.itouch.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <NDBBKIOJPKBINCPCMCMDEEFNCGAA.mcsmart@eecs.umich.edu>; from mcsmart@eecs.umich.edu on Tue, May 02, 2000 at 05:46:10PM -0400 References: <NDBBKIOJPKBINCPCMCMDEEFNCGAA.mcsmart@eecs.umich.edu>
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On Tue, May 02, 2000 at 05:46:10PM -0400, Matthew Smart wrote: > I have a problem similar to a forgotten root > password, and I've been trying to figure out > how to put my FreeBSD box into single-user mode. > > I accidentally created a .zshrc for root with > the single line "alias g `gvim`" so when I try > to log in as root w/o X running I get: > cannot open displayVim: Warning: Output is not to a terminal > and I can't kill the process. When the machine reboots, and it says something like [Booting in 10 seconds, ...], hit a space-bar, and type in "boot -s". Once you're in: mount -a rm /root/.zshrc -- Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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