I tried the toor option. Didn't work. I guess these people are smarter than the average vendor. ;)
I've booted to installation media and selected the single-user mode. I've got the shell but when I attempt to follow the steps I've found on various sites it doesn't work. Generally, they all follow the same procedure: mount -a (or mount -u /) passwd However, this doesn't accomplish anything. when I look at df I'm only seeing the installation media and devfs as mounted. I looked at /dev but can't make out which, if any, of the entries are the partition I'm trying to mount. When I run passwd it seems to be executing from the installation media as it fails to change the password due to what I've ascertained is a problem making changes to a read-only filesystem. After I ran mount -o rw -a I get the same result. Any further help is appreciated. -Mathew "When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all." - God; Futurama "We'll get along much better once you accept that you're wrong and neither am I." - Me On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Morse, Richard E.MGH <[email protected]>wrote: > You might also try using the 'toor' account -- this usually exists on > FreeBSD, although I forget if it needs a password -- but if the vendor > isn't paying attention they might have left this account unrestricted. > > Ricky > > On Oct 23, 2012, at 11:50 AM, Mathew Snyder wrote: > > > Thanks guys. I'm downloading an ISO right now. > > > > -Mathew > > > > "When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at > > all." - God; Futurama > > > > "We'll get along much better once you accept that you're wrong and > neither > > am I." - Me > > > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 11:48 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I haven't *tested* this, but I'm 99% sure it works: > >> > >> 1. Download a copy of the 9.0 install media. > >> 2. Boot to the 'live CD' option. > >> 3. Mount the root fs somewhere. > >> 4. chroot into it. > >> 5. `passwd` > >> > >> It's *possible* but not likely that the live CD will also want a > password, > >> in which case you can choose 'shell' instead of 'live CD'. > >> > >> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 11:21:11AM -0400, Mathew Snyder wrote: > >>> We have a single FreeBSD server installed by a vendor. They have let it > >> sit > >>> idle for who knows how long before coming around for a full > >> configuration. > >>> In that time, their default admin account has expired and no one kept > >> track > >>> of the root password. Now it needs to be reset. > >>> > >>> Unfortunately, they configured single-user mode to require said root > >>> password. This is quite a hinderance, naturally. I'm not familiar with > >> the > >>> BSDs. Can someone point me in the direction of instructions for > reseting > >> a > >>> password with boot media or something. Everything I've found online so > >> far > >>> assumes no password for single-user mode. > >>> > >>> -Mathew > >>> > >>> "When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at > >>> all." - God; Futurama > >>> > >>> "We'll get along much better once you accept that you're wrong and > >> neither > >>> am I." - Me > >> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> bblisa mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa > >> > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > bblisa mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa > > > > The information in this e-mail is intended only for the person to whom it > is > addressed. If you believe this e-mail was sent to you in error and the > e-mail > contains patient information, please contact the Partners Compliance > HelpLine at > http://www.partners.org/complianceline . If the e-mail was sent to you in > error > but does not contain patient information, please contact the sender and > properly > dispose of the e-mail. > >
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