Have screwed up my longin and password
I am totally new to FreeBSD, and have installed it and Gnome2/X11. Somewhere in the process I have either corrupted or lost my password and user name access. When I try to log into Gnome, either as root or as username, it is a no go. I know that I set up myself as a user, and set a root password when I was installing. What do I do now? Can I restart from the install CD and go back into Sysinstall? I'm running FreeBSD 6.2 on a Macbook Pro, via Parallels Desktop. Thanks very much and sorry for such a stupid predicament. Roger ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Have screwed up my longin and password
On 3/14/07, Roger Scow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am totally new to FreeBSD, and have installed it and Gnome2/X11. Somewhere in the process I have either corrupted or lost my password and user name access. When I try to log into Gnome, either as root or as username, it is a no go. I know that I set up myself as a user, and set a root password when I was installing. What do I do now? Can I restart from the install CD and go back into Sysinstall? I'm running FreeBSD 6.2 on a Macbook Pro, via Parallels Desktop. Thanks very much and sorry for such a stupid predicament. Roger ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] try these instructions http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/admin.html#FORGOT-ROOT-PW also see this for changing your other passwords http://freebsd.active-venture.com/handbook/users-modifying.html especially section 8.6.4 example 8-7 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Have screwed up my longin and password
On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 03:21:04PM -0500, Roger Scow wrote: I am totally new to FreeBSD, and have installed it and Gnome2/X11. Somewhere in the process I have either corrupted or lost my password and user name access. When I try to log into Gnome, either as root or as username, it is a no go. I know that I set up myself as a user, and set a root password when I was installing. What do I do now? Can I restart from the install CD and go back into Sysinstall? You're not the first, see: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/admin.html#FORGOT-ROOT-PW -- Kelly D. Grills [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgpBmILTvTbu0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Have screwed up my longin and password
On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 03:21:04PM -0500, Roger Scow wrote: I am totally new to FreeBSD, and have installed it and Gnome2/X11. Somewhere in the process I have either corrupted or lost my password and user name access. When I try to log into Gnome, either as root or as username, it is a no go. I know that I set up myself as a user, and set a root password when I was installing. What do I do now? Can I restart from the install CD and go back into Sysinstall? I'm running FreeBSD 6.2 on a Macbook Pro, via Parallels Desktop. Thanks very much and sorry for such a stupid predicament. This has a FAQ on it. Basically it consistst of learning to boot to single user, fsck and mount the file systems Then, just set the root password and any others you need to fix and then fix files that mst be cleaned up before reboot. Then reboot. jerry Roger ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
