Re: [freebsd-questions] root passwd change
On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 10:06:12 -0400 Lowell Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Eric Pogroski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > here's whats needed: > > > > > > # shutdown now > > # (csh & tcsh both go fubar in > > single-user mode) > still mounted> > > # passwd root <--- this is important - lost one system by NOT doing > > this > > # exit -or-reboot <--- I prefer a reboot, but that's me. > > Oh, right; we're only trying to change the root password here. That's > not actually affected by securelevel at all, so that was a red herring > for me to bring up securelevel in the first place. > > > work's about 9 times out of 10. It's the tenth one that makes you > > bald from frustration... :) > > You need the ability to invoke shutdown. Since you don't have the > root password, you need some other account with either root (via sudo, > for example) or operator-group access. > ___ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Alright, before this turns ugly, I have a better way to go about this: either a) just reboot the box, and boot off of a fixit disc, and use the emergency terminal, follow the directions regarding soft linking /etc/groups & /etc/*.db, and then change the password from there or b) reboot the box, hit any key but enter when the countdown appears, and enter single user mode, and do (providing no errors on boot): mount -u / (takes the / partition out of read only mode) mount -a -t ufs (mounts /tmp, /usr, and /var, and any other ufs filesystems for you) passwd root reboot login as root it's kinda like doing the build world routine, only no fsck or massive amounts of compiling. However, if kern.securelevel is set to anything but '-1', and kernsecurelevel_enable is set to "YES" in rc.conf, your not going to get in without some good, old fashioned hacking. Seeing as it was never mentioned what either or both of the previous settings are, we both are shooting in the dark here. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: [freebsd-questions] root passwd change
Eric Pogroski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > here's whats needed: > > > # shutdown now > # (csh & tcsh both go fubar in > single-user mode) still mounted> > # passwd root <--- this is important - lost one system by NOT doing > this > # exit-or-reboot <--- I prefer a reboot, but that's me. Oh, right; we're only trying to change the root password here. That's not actually affected by securelevel at all, so that was a red herring for me to bring up securelevel in the first place. > work's about 9 times out of 10. It's the tenth one that makes you bald > from frustration... :) You need the ability to invoke shutdown. Since you don't have the root password, you need some other account with either root (via sudo, for example) or operator-group access. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: [freebsd-questions] root passwd change
On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 08:55:54 -0400 Lowell Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Eric Pogroski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Tue, 07 Oct 2003 19:37:19 + > > DanB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Is there other way to change the root password that been lost > > > without shutting down the computer. > > > > > > Old way shutdown space barboot -s #mount -t ufs -a > > > #passwd > > > # exit to multiusers. > > > > Try this: > > > > # shutdown now > > < hit return to accept 'sh' as the default shell > > > # passwd > > # exit > > Did you try that? many, many times in the past... :) > Won't it still be in the raised securelevel? nope. sorry about the brevity of my previous reply, in a bit of a rush then. here's whats needed: # shutdown now # (csh & tcsh both go fubar in single-user mode) # passwd root <--- this is important - lost one system by NOT doing this # exit -or-reboot <--- I prefer a reboot, but that's me. work's about 9 times out of 10. It's the tenth one that makes you bald from frustration... :) ps: cc your replies to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so this stuff will get to the archives. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
