Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:08:32 +0000 From: "Daniel Bye" <danielby@slightlystrange.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to restore a lost root password... Message-ID: <20081026210832.GA20813@torus.slightlystrange.org> In-Reply-To: <f81dfec40810261318t533e2100ucb690f78510817b0@mail.gmail.com> References: <3378.84.18.11.147.1224942988.squirrel@mail.dsa.es> <NBECLJEKGLBKHHFFANMBOEBOCMAA.fbsd1@a1poweruser.com> <f81dfec40810261318t533e2100ucb690f78510817b0@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 09:18:25PM +0100, Rada alive wrote:
> > I have seen a "How to" about this but I have a problem, i set the conso=
le
> > to insecure, so when I try to do the step of the "how to" i get a messa=
ge
> > to input the root password or Ctrl-D to enter in multiuser mode.
>=20
> What happened to just booting into single-user mode and issuing passwd?
The OP made a point of letting us know that he has marked his console
`insecure' in /etc/ttys. In order to even get a shell in single user,
he needs the root password.
Dan
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