.thanks alot! it worked & saved my consulting job!!!! what a relief. Thanks again,
--- fooler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pablo Manalastas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Philippine Linux Users Group Mailing List" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 10:43 AM > Subject: [plug] Password recovery? > > > > Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > > > any idea how i can recovery a passord on > FREEBSD? please email me @ > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 1) type "boot -s" at boot prompt (the one you saw > counting before it loads > the kernel) to enter single user mode > 2) hit enter when asking what shell to use > 3) mount -u / (to remount root filesystem from read > only to read/write) > 4) mount -a (to all the filesystem) > 5) passwd root (to change root password) > 6) exit (to continue booting) > > > If you forgot your password, there is no way of > "recovering" it. > > there is doc :-> the trick and universal way of > recovering your password and > applicable to all unix flavor is to remove the disk > and mount it to another > pc with the same version of its OS and manipulate > the password file either > by blanking the password column or replace it that > comes from the other > password file :-> > > fooler. > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
