Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 21:56:08 -0500 (EST) From: jack <jack@germanium.xtalwind.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Lost root password Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971223214051.4790A-100000@germanium.xtalwind.net> In-Reply-To: <199712240043.TAA02258@host.cnwl.igs.net>
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On Tue, 23 Dec 1997, grcuerrier wrote: > One of my techs entered a new root password, which he has forgotten. Is > there any way a user with "wheel" access can reset the root password > without having to redo the whole server? Root can do almost anything. A user in the wheel group, with the root password, can become root and do almost anything. Users who have not proven themselves to be 150% reliable should not have root access. If there is a need for a user to so a few `root things' you should be using sudo, available in the ports collection. > Strange question I know. I thought possibly there would be a way upon > power up. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Boot to single user, mount your disks, set the password. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jack O'Neill Finger jacko@diamond.xtalwind.net or jack@xtalwind.net http://www.xtalwind.net/~jacko/pubpgp.html #include <std_disclaimers.h> for my PGP key. PGP Key fingerprint = F6 C4 E6 D4 2F 15 A7 67 FD 09 E9 3C 5F CC EB CD enriched, vcard, HTML messages > /dev/null --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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