Re: Problems booting operating system and with root password
Miguel wrote: Atom Powers wrote: On 5/26/06, Miguel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, i have a similar problem, i forgot my root password and the server its in a remote colocation site, is there a way to recover the encrypted password and crackit some way, i have my normal account (which is in wheel group), i even know that the root's pass begings with MAG_something, but i really cant remember the complete root's pass, rebooting in single user mode is my best bet? If you are in wheel, then you should be able to sudo su to switch to the root account and then passwd root to reset the password. :-( No luck, this is the error sudo su We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things: #1) Respect the privacy of others. #2) Think before you type. #3) With great power comes great responsibility. Password: mmiranda is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. sudo su mmiranda is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. passwd root passwd: permission denied I entered my account's password... Anything more? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] try using a login who is in the sudoers file ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems booting operating system and with root password
Polina Mnouskina wrote: Hello. I am working for the company, that is using FreeBSD on the server mashins. At the moment we have two problems: First, one of the mashins give no kernael error on the boot. Second, we have lost our root password to the second one. Is there a way to fix any of this two problems without reinstaling the system. Please, answer asap. Any help (free or paid) will be highly appriciated. - New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC and save big. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well first you need to spell correctly, and secondly, you need to give us more information. For your first error, I have no idea what your problem is or how to fix it. For you lost root password, boot into single user mode (how to depends on your version of FreeBSD) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems booting operating system and with root password
Miguel wrote: Andy Greenwood wrote: I don't know what you mean by kernel errors on boot, but you can recover your root password by booting into single user mode and then running passwd. Hi, i have a similar problem, i forgot my root password and the server its in a remote colocation site, is there a way to recover the encrypted password and crackit some way, i have my normal account (which is in wheel group), i even know that the root's pass begings with MAG_something, but i really cant remember the complete root's pass, rebooting in single user mode is my best bet? --- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] There aren't any vulnerabilities (if i recall) for the passwd hashes. your best bet is single user mode ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Problems booting operating system and with root password
Hi there, I have booted up in single user mode because the option is available at startup but it prompts me with: Enter full pathname of shell or return for /bin/sh Doesn't matter what I put in or leave it doesn't give me anything to make changes to root password. There are really no commands that I can use after this point. Any suggestions on moving forward to changing or removing the root password. It may sound like a stupid question but and steps would really help. Thank you for all responses. Sam -Original Message- From: Bill Moran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 5:04 PM To: Sam Speranini Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems booting operating system and with root password Sam Speranini [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you for the quick response and I will try booting up in single mode for the root password issue. One of our main boxes at boot up comes up with the error message below and goes no further. It seems like the kernel is missing or got corrupted. The box ran fine till yesterday morning when we noticed it was at this stage. Is there anything that can be done to recover. If this machine worked before, then _something_ has occurred to corrupt data on disk. Some possible reasons are breakin, operator error, or hardware failure. If you're not _sure_ this was caused by operator error, then you should be afraid: either your box was compromised or your hard drives are failing. In either of those scenerios, you need to rebuild the box, possibly after replacing hardware. Hopefully you have backups, if not, you may be forking out good money for a data recovery company to extract your data off a damaged hard drive. If it's a breakin, you might be able to boot the system off a live CD (such as FreeSBIE) and get your data off the drive before rebuilding. If it's a hardware failure, you can try the liveCD thing, but it's less likely to work. Good luck. Press Ctrl-E for BMC Setup within 5 sec. No /boot/loader FreeBSD /i386 boot Default: 0:da(0,a)/kernel boot: No /Kernel FreeBSD /i386 boot Default: 0:da(0,a)/kernel boot: -- Bill Moran Two by two, hands of blue. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Problems booting operating system and with root password
On Mon, 2006-05-29 at 12:50 -0400, Sam Speranini wrote: Hi there, I have booted up in single user mode because the option is available at startup but it prompts me with: Enter full pathname of shell or return for /bin/sh Doesn't matter what I put in or leave it doesn't give me anything to make changes to root password. There are really no commands that I can use after this point. Any suggestions on moving forward to changing or removing the root password. It may sound like a stupid question but and steps would really help. Thank you for all responses. Sam snip Sam, A very quick google search gave the answer with loads of hits. Try the first one: http://lantech.geekvenue.net/chucktips/jason/chuck/1002317496/addPostingForm Rob ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems booting operating system and with root password
I don't know what you mean by kernel errors on boot, but you can recover your root password by booting into single user mode and then running passwd. On 5/26/06, Polina Mnouskina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello. I am working for the company, that is using FreeBSD on the server mashins. At the moment we have two problems: First, one of the mashins give no kernael error on the boot. Second, we have lost our root password to the second one. Is there a way to fix any of this two problems without reinstaling the system. Please, answer asap. Any help (free or paid) will be highly appriciated. - New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC and save big. ___ 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]
Re: Problems booting operating system and with root password
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andy Greenwood wrote: I don't know what you mean by kernel errors on boot, but you can recover your root password by booting into single user mode and then running passwd. On 5/26/06, Polina Mnouskina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello. I am working for the company, that is using FreeBSD on the server mashins. At the moment we have two problems: First, one of the mashins give no kernael error on the boot. Second, we have lost our root password to the second one. Is there a way to fix any of this two problems without reinstaling the system. Please, answer asap. Any help (free or paid) will be highly appriciated. - New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC and save big. ___ 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] Unless single user mode is set to insecure, in which case that wouldn't recover the password. You could always use a different bootCD and chroot into the FreeBSD system, then change the password. Or bootCD and remove the root password hash from /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow - -- This email address has expired. Please contact me for my new address. Please obtain my pgp public key from pgp.mit.edu before sending me any private mail, otherwise your email will likely be filtered incorrectly and possibly junked. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEd1dC0JHtFv5fxW8RAnmQAJ9gLHzDBvXSQ1zvVa5I6Ci98dxOnACeNXPU E2/n34T7MKwDsv8P8bmzrDg= =2bpV -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Problems booting operating system and with root password
Thank you for the quick response and I will try booting up in single mode for the root password issue. One of our main boxes at boot up comes up with the error message below and goes no further. It seems like the kernel is missing or got corrupted. The box ran fine till yesterday morning when we noticed it was at this stage. Is there anything that can be done to recover. Press Ctrl-E for BMC Setup within 5 sec. No /boot/loader FreeBSD /i386 boot Default: 0:da(0,a)/kernel boot: No /Kernel FreeBSD /i386 boot Default: 0:da(0,a)/kernel boot: Thanks Sam -Original Message- From: Andy Greenwood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 3:41 PM To: Polina Mnouskina Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems booting operating system and with root password I don't know what you mean by kernel errors on boot, but you can recover your root password by booting into single user mode and then running passwd. On 5/26/06, Polina Mnouskina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello. I am working for the company, that is using FreeBSD on the server mashins. At the moment we have two problems: First, one of the mashins give no kernael error on the boot. Second, we have lost our root password to the second one. Is there a way to fix any of this two problems without reinstaling the system. Please, answer asap. Any help (free or paid) will be highly appriciated. - New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC and save big. ___ 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]
Re: Problems booting operating system and with root password
Andy Greenwood wrote: I don't know what you mean by kernel errors on boot, but you can recover your root password by booting into single user mode and then running passwd. Hi, i have a similar problem, i forgot my root password and the server its in a remote colocation site, is there a way to recover the encrypted password and crackit some way, i have my normal account (which is in wheel group), i even know that the root's pass begings with MAG_something, but i really cant remember the complete root's pass, rebooting in single user mode is my best bet? --- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems booting operating system and with root password
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Miguel wrote: Andy Greenwood wrote: I don't know what you mean by kernel errors on boot, but you can recover your root password by booting into single user mode and then running passwd. Hi, i have a similar problem, i forgot my root password and the server its in a remote colocation site, is there a way to recover the encrypted password and crackit some way, i have my normal account (which is in wheel group), i even know that the root's pass begings with MAG_something, but i really cant remember the complete root's pass, rebooting in single user mode is my best bet? --- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] It is easiest if the system's single user mode hasn't been locked down If single user mode HAS been locked down (ie. needs the root password), then you will need a boot disc so you can chroot to your FreeBSD system from another, or so you can directly edit the /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow file. The password hash *MIGHT* also be in one of those two files, depending on your configuration. Regards, Adrian - -- This email address has expired. Please contact me for my new address. Please obtain my pgp public key from pgp.mit.edu before sending me any private mail, otherwise your email will likely be filtered incorrectly and possibly junked. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEd2Fs0JHtFv5fxW8RAgfhAJ0RQ3CA3PjofAjYERytNZ2JrGdmMQCcDflK lcgQRMkKPW+wFU30WLeeyHw= =dtu/ -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems booting operating system and with root password
On 5/26/06, Miguel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, i have a similar problem, i forgot my root password and the server its in a remote colocation site, is there a way to recover the encrypted password and crackit some way, i have my normal account (which is in wheel group), i even know that the root's pass begings with MAG_something, but i really cant remember the complete root's pass, rebooting in single user mode is my best bet? If you are in wheel, then you should be able to sudo su to switch to the root account and then passwd root to reset the password. -- -- Perfection is just a word I use occasionally with mustard. --Atom Powers-- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems booting operating system and with root password
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Adrian Pavone wrote: Miguel wrote: Andy Greenwood wrote: I don't know what you mean by kernel errors on boot, but you can recover your root password by booting into single user mode and then running passwd. Hi, i have a similar problem, i forgot my root password and the server its in a remote colocation site, is there a way to recover the encrypted password and crackit some way, i have my normal account (which is in wheel group), i even know that the root's pass begings with MAG_something, but i really cant remember the complete root's pass, rebooting in single user mode is my best bet? --- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] It is easiest if the system's single user mode hasn't been locked down If single user mode HAS been locked down (ie. needs the root password), then you will need a boot disc so you can chroot to your FreeBSD system from another, or so you can directly edit the /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow file. The password hash *MIGHT* also be in one of those two files, depending on your configuration. Regards, Adrian -- This email address has expired. Please contact me for my new address. Please obtain my pgp public key from pgp.mit.edu before sending me any private mail, otherwise your email will likely be filtered incorrectly and possibly junked. And I'll try that again with the correct timestamp. __ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - -- This email address has expired. Please contact me for my new address. Please obtain my pgp public key from pgp.mit.edu before sending me any private mail, otherwise your email will likely be filtered incorrectly and possibly junked. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEd2qc0JHtFv5fxW8RAqFHAKCKpl5td8WrAyIO09ef/0RfUZ/PigCeM+zR Bx3V7fekw6qN61CUo/cSmfk= =QHpz -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems booting operating system and with root password
Adrian Pavone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Miguel wrote: Andy Greenwood wrote: I don't know what you mean by kernel errors on boot, but you can recover your root password by booting into single user mode and then running passwd. Hi, i have a similar problem, i forgot my root password and the server its in a remote colocation site, is there a way to recover the encrypted password and crackit some way, i have my normal account (which is in wheel group), i even know that the root's pass begings with MAG_something, but i really cant remember the complete root's pass, rebooting in single user mode is my best bet? It is easiest if the system's single user mode hasn't been locked down Yes, but that is generally not a good idea at a colo, unless you have some kind of physical security on the box. If single user mode HAS been locked down (ie. needs the root password), then you will need a boot disc so you can chroot to your FreeBSD system from another, or so you can directly edit the /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow file. FYI: secure single password mode is default: meaning that the system assumes that anyone that can physically access the system should be able to use single user mode without a password. You have to make changes to /etc/ttys to get a paranoid console that asks for a password. The password hash *MIGHT* also be in one of those two files, depending on your configuration. Linux, Linux, Linux. FreeBSD has no /etc/shadow. There's /etc/passwd and /etc/master.passwd. The password hash is readible by root only, so that doesn't help if you only have a mortal account. Unless you've specifically set up something else to work around this problem, you _must_ get physical access to fix it. In the future, try installing sudo or using PKI to protect yourself from lost passwords. -- Bill Moran Be calm. Morpheus ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems booting operating system and with root password
Sam Speranini [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you for the quick response and I will try booting up in single mode for the root password issue. One of our main boxes at boot up comes up with the error message below and goes no further. It seems like the kernel is missing or got corrupted. The box ran fine till yesterday morning when we noticed it was at this stage. Is there anything that can be done to recover. If this machine worked before, then _something_ has occurred to corrupt data on disk. Some possible reasons are breakin, operator error, or hardware failure. If you're not _sure_ this was caused by operator error, then you should be afraid: either your box was compromised or your hard drives are failing. In either of those scenerios, you need to rebuild the box, possibly after replacing hardware. Hopefully you have backups, if not, you may be forking out good money for a data recovery company to extract your data off a damaged hard drive. If it's a breakin, you might be able to boot the system off a live CD (such as FreeSBIE) and get your data off the drive before rebuilding. If it's a hardware failure, you can try the liveCD thing, but it's less likely to work. Good luck. Press Ctrl-E for BMC Setup within 5 sec. No /boot/loader FreeBSD /i386 boot Default: 0:da(0,a)/kernel boot: No /Kernel FreeBSD /i386 boot Default: 0:da(0,a)/kernel boot: -- Bill Moran Two by two, hands of blue. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems booting operating system and with root password
Atom Powers wrote: On 5/26/06, Miguel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, i have a similar problem, i forgot my root password and the server its in a remote colocation site, is there a way to recover the encrypted password and crackit some way, i have my normal account (which is in wheel group), i even know that the root's pass begings with MAG_something, but i really cant remember the complete root's pass, rebooting in single user mode is my best bet? If you are in wheel, then you should be able to sudo su to switch to the root account and then passwd root to reset the password. :-( No luck, this is the error sudo su We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things: #1) Respect the privacy of others. #2) Think before you type. #3) With great power comes great responsibility. Password: mmiranda is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. sudo su mmiranda is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. passwd root passwd: permission denied I entered my account's password... Anything more? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems booting operating system and with root password
On 5/26/06, Miguel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Atom Powers wrote: On 5/26/06, Miguel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, i have a similar problem, i forgot my root password and the server its in a remote colocation site, is there a way to recover the encrypted password and crackit some way, i have my normal account (which is in wheel group), i even know that the root's pass begings with MAG_something, but i really cant remember the complete root's pass, rebooting in single user mode is my best bet? If you are in wheel, then you should be able to sudo su to switch to the root account and then passwd root to reset the password. :-( No luck, this is the error sudo su We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things: #1) Respect the privacy of others. #2) Think before you type. #3) With great power comes great responsibility. Password: mmiranda is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. sudo su mmiranda is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. passwd root passwd: permission denied I entered my account's password... Anything more? Yes. Check your man pages; the format of the sudoers file is very specific. Usually you can get away with a line like this: -- %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL -- -- -- Perfection is just a word I use occasionally with mustard. --Atom Powers-- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems booting operating system and with root password
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Miguel wrote: Atom Powers wrote: On 5/26/06, Miguel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, i have a similar problem, i forgot my root password and the server its in a remote colocation site, is there a way to recover the encrypted password and crackit some way, i have my normal account (which is in wheel group), i even know that the root's pass begings with MAG_something, but i really cant remember the complete root's pass, rebooting in single user mode is my best bet? If you are in wheel, then you should be able to sudo su to switch to the root account and then passwd root to reset the password. :-( No luck, this is the error sudo su We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things: #1) Respect the privacy of others. #2) Think before you type. #3) With great power comes great responsibility. Password: mmiranda is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. sudo su mmiranda is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. passwd root passwd: permission denied I entered my account's password... Anything more? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The previous person mistakenly thought that if you were in the wheel group, you were also set up for wheel. Unforunately, root would have had to set up the sudo configuration file so that mmiranda (your login) could use the sudo command to run su. This was not set up, so that is not an option in this case. Regards, Adrian - -- This email address has expired. Please contact me for my new address. Please obtain my pgp public key from pgp.mit.edu before sending me any private mail, otherwise your email will likely be filtered incorrectly and possibly junked. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEd3UL0JHtFv5fxW8RAqKxAJ4/nMaObhIIB0J/ShY3xQ4845qb6ACfVAkG +9dYMSIw89sReJIjOBTlZws= =IKD0 -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems booting operating system and with root password
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Atom Powers wrote: On 5/26/06, Miguel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Atom Powers wrote: On 5/26/06, Miguel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, i have a similar problem, i forgot my root password and the server its in a remote colocation site, is there a way to recover the encrypted password and crackit some way, i have my normal account (which is in wheel group), i even know that the root's pass begings with MAG_something, but i really cant remember the complete root's pass, rebooting in single user mode is my best bet? If you are in wheel, then you should be able to sudo su to switch to the root account and then passwd root to reset the password. :-( No luck, this is the error sudo su We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things: #1) Respect the privacy of others. #2) Think before you type. #3) With great power comes great responsibility. Password: mmiranda is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. sudo su mmiranda is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. passwd root passwd: permission denied I entered my account's password... Anything more? Yes. Check your man pages; the format of the sudoers file is very specific. Usually you can get away with a line like this: -- %wheelALL=(ALL)ALL -- Altough can't only root modify (write changes to) the sudoers file? As he is trying to get access to root (without a root password), this is not possible from what I can see. Regards, Adrian - -- This email address has expired. Please contact me for my new address. Please obtain my pgp public key from pgp.mit.edu before sending me any private mail, otherwise your email will likely be filtered incorrectly and possibly junked. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEd3df0JHtFv5fxW8RAp0cAKCi/heobdYqmxpzHKMtePDWIu/mNQCfcyv4 xVFzVVSEbi87KwN4M8nSOEI= =hYYJ -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
