Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 00:17:35 -0700 From: "Morgan Stewart" <veenoghu@uvic.ca> To: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: "Craig Critchley" <craigc@nwlink.com>, <Smc659@aol.com> Subject: RE: Locking myself out of Root @ Wheel Message-ID: <NDBBILDCDHKKMPLMPMKBIEGCEBAA.veenoghu@uvic.ca> In-Reply-To: <0da701bf0334$8ba65620$0201010a@fuzzer.com>
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>i think on bsd you have to be a member of wheel to su - an extra layer of
>security.
>
>you should be able to remount the fs as rw in single user mode.
>it defaults to ro so you have time to fsck it before matters get worse in the
>event of a crash.
>
>If you have "The Complete FreeBSD" its in ch12, Starting and Stopping The
>System.
>
>Disclaimer: newbie information...
>
> ...Craig
Thanks very much for this info...
Combined with the mount man page and Sam's early comments about the proper way
to change shell's ;-)
I'm back up and running...
Cheers...
Morgan Stewart
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