Re: Root password not working on console

2012-08-31 Thread Walt Elam
in as root. I SSH'd to >> the machine as my regular user, typed su, and entered "pass" which worked >> just fine. >> >> So, I have absolutely no clue why I am unable to login to my machine, on >> the console, as root with "pass", but it works wh

Re: Root password not working on console

2012-08-31 Thread Jeremy Johnston
nd entered "pass" which worked just fine. So, I have absolutely no clue why I am unable to login to my machine, on the console, as root with "pass", but it works when using su from a regular user account. I tried searching around but almost all of the hits are about resetting t

Root password not working on console

2012-08-31 Thread Walt Elam
st fine. So, I have absolutely no clue why I am unable to login to my machine, on the console, as root with "pass", but it works when using su from a regular user account. I tried searching around but almost all of the hits are about resetting the root password in single-user mode. Does a

Re: Setting root password on mysql 5.4

2010-01-09 Thread Michael Powell
jaymax wrote: > > Does anyone know how to set root password on a new mysql installation from > the post? This is the very first thing performed on a brand new fresh install. The canonical procedure (and I haven't had to do it in a while so it is possible it may have changed) l

Re: Setting root password on mysql 5.4

2010-01-09 Thread Sergio Tam
2010/1/9 jaymax : > > Does anyone know how to set root password on a new mysql installation from > the post? > > Can it be performed after starting the server with > /usr/local/bin/mysqld_safe & > > Or for that matter with > /usr/local/bin/mysql_s

Setting root password on mysql 5.4

2010-01-09 Thread jaymax
Does anyone know how to set root password on a new mysql installation from the post? Can it be performed after starting the server with /usr/local/bin/mysqld_safe & Or for that matter with /usr/local/bin/mysql_secure_installation Thanks! -- View this message in context:

Re: freebsd forgets root password

2009-10-24 Thread kalin m
Kevin Kinsey wrote: kalin m wrote: """ does anybody here know if freebsd has a driver for Marvell 88E8057 nic chip? according to the kernel list of drivers (7.2) marvell chips are driven by the msk driver. but it doesn't show up in pciconf, dmesg or sysinstall strangely enough 88E8057 i

Re: freebsd forgets root password

2009-10-24 Thread Kevin Kinsey
kalin m wrote: """ does anybody here know if freebsd has a driver for Marvell 88E8057 nic chip? according to the kernel list of drivers (7.2) marvell chips are driven by the msk driver. but it doesn't show up in pciconf, dmesg or sysinstall strangely enough 88E8057 is not in the list in

Re: freebsd forgets root password

2009-10-23 Thread Kevin Kinsey
kalin m wrote: hi all this is really weird. i've must have set up the root password on this new machine i got at least 5 times and after a few reboots this thing forgets it. i have to go in single user and reset it again and again?!? what can be the reason? Can you clarify

Re: freebsd forgets root password

2009-10-23 Thread kalin m
Polytropon wrote: On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:41:31 -0700 (PDT), James Phillips wrote: With how flimsy the entry-level keyboards are these days, it may be *almost* as likely ;) Entry level? Ha! All "modern" keyboards... :-) actually the one i'm using was entry-level maybe about 15 ye

Re: freebsd forgets root password

2009-10-23 Thread kalin m
Polytropon wrote: On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:15:19 -0400, kalin m wrote: Adam Vande More wrote: man msk many times msk should at least show in the dmesg somewhere If you have if_msk_load="YES" in /boot/loader.conf, it should. A message for dmesg is issued at the m

Re: freebsd forgets root password

2009-10-23 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:41:31 -0700 (PDT), James Phillips wrote: > With how flimsy the entry-level keyboards are these days, > it may be *almost* as likely ;) Entry level? Ha! All "modern" keyboards... :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, .

Re: freebsd forgets root password

2009-10-23 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:15:19 -0400, kalin m wrote: > Adam Vande More wrote: > > man msk > many times msk should at least show in the dmesg somewhere If you have if_msk_load="YES" in /boot/loader.conf, it should. A message for dmesg is issued at the moment the driver is loaded successfull

Re: freebsd forgets root password

2009-10-23 Thread James Phillips
> Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:46:03 -0500 > From: Adam Vande More > Subject: Re: freebsd forgets root password > To: kalin m > Cc: freebsd-questions > Message-ID: >     <6201873e0910231846j4386baa9g3bd3eab21fed1...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; chars

Re: freebsd forgets root password

2009-10-23 Thread kalin m
not really... i checked. many times. even for num loc. which doesn't matter... amnesiac is the name freebsd uses when no hostname is set. in this Amnesiac is the release name i think... man msk many times msk should at least show in the dmesg somewhere now... the wirel

Re: freebsd forgets root password

2009-10-23 Thread kalin m
thanks adam. Adam Vande More wrote: On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 7:56 PM, kalin m <mailto:ka...@el.net>> wrote: hi all this is really weird. i've must have set up the root password on this new machine i got at least 5 times and after a few reboots this th

Re: freebsd forgets root password

2009-10-23 Thread Adam Vande More
On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 7:56 PM, kalin m wrote: > > > hi all > > this is really weird. > i've must have set up the root password on this new machine i got at least > 5 times and after a few reboots this thing forgets it. > i have to go in single user and reset i

freebsd forgets root password

2009-10-23 Thread kalin m
hi all this is really weird. i've must have set up the root password on this new machine i got at least 5 times and after a few reboots this thing forgets it. i have to go in single user and reset it again and again?!? what can be the reason? it'a brand new install of f

Re: empty root password

2008-12-24 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:18:49 -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Franck Royer writes: > > > It's not a "how can I recover my root password" but something more weird. > > > > I copied my root filesystem from a partition to another with rsync -Pia. > > But

Re: empty root password

2008-12-24 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Franck Royer writes: > It's not a "how can I recover my root password" but something more weird. > > I copied my root filesystem from a partition to another with rsync -Pia. > But since that moment, I don't need any password to log myself as root > or to do a &

Re: empty root password

2008-12-24 Thread Wojciech Puchar
But since that moment, I don't need any password to log myself as root or to do a "su" from a user who is in the wheel group. I did some passwd on root, but that changes nothing. And my normal user password wasn't affected. What can I do ? set a password? looks like some files was not copied!

empty root password

2008-12-24 Thread Franck Royer
Hi, It's not a "how can I recover my root password" but something more weird. I copied my root filesystem from a partition to another with rsync -Pia. But since that moment, I don't need any password to log myself as root or to do a "su" from a user who is in the w

Re: How to restore a lost root password...

2008-10-27 Thread Jerry McAllister
uot;How to" about this but I have a problem, i set the > >>>>console > >>>>to insecure, so when I try to do the step of the "how to" i get a > >>>>message > >>>>to input the root password or Ctrl-D to enter in multiuser

Re: How to restore a lost root password...

2008-10-27 Thread Andrew D
G'Day, Steven Susbauer wrote: Mauricio López wrote: On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 4:08 PM, Daniel Bye --snip-- As far as I know, from my previous Linux experience, you just need a LiveCD in order to boot the PC, mount the / partition, edit /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow and change the hash for one t

Re: How to restore a lost root password...

2008-10-27 Thread Steven Susbauer
"how to" i get a message to input the root password or Ctrl-D to enter in multiuser mode. What happened to just booting into single-user mode and issuing passwd? The OP made a point of letting us know that he has marked his console `insecure' in /etc/ttys. In order to even get a she

Re: How to restore a lost root password...

2008-10-26 Thread Mauricio López
the "how to" i get a message >> > to input the root password or Ctrl-D to enter in multiuser mode. >> >> What happened to just booting into single-user mode and issuing passwd? > > The OP made a point of letting us know that he has marked his console > `in

Re: How to restore a lost root password...

2008-10-26 Thread Daniel Bye
On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 09:18:25PM +0100, Rada alive wrote: > > I have seen a "How to" about this but I have a problem, i set the console > > to insecure, so when I try to do the step of the "how to" i get a message > > to input the root password or Ctrl-D

Re: How to restore a lost root password...

2008-10-26 Thread Rada alive
On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 5:08 AM, FBSD1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Go to www.a1poweruser.com and read section 13.7 Forgot Root password > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of DSA - JCR > Sent: Saturday, Octob

RE: How to restore a lost root password...

2008-10-25 Thread FBSD1
Go to www.a1poweruser.com and read section 13.7 Forgot Root password -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of DSA - JCR Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:56 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: How to restore a lost root password... Hi all

Re: How to restore a lost root password...

2008-10-25 Thread Matthew Seaman
Matthew Seaman wrote: Matthew Seaman wrote: DSA - JCR wrote: Hi all I have lost the neuron where I stored the root password of an installation ;D I have seen a "How to" about this but I have a problem, i set the console to insecure, so when I try to do the step of the "

Re: How to restore a lost root password...

2008-10-25 Thread Matthew Seaman
Matthew Seaman wrote: DSA - JCR wrote: Hi all I have lost the neuron where I stored the root password of an installation ;D I have seen a "How to" about this but I have a problem, i set the console to insecure, so when I try to do the step of the "how to" i get a messa

Re: How to restore a lost root password...

2008-10-25 Thread Matthew Seaman
DSA - JCR wrote: Hi all I have lost the neuron where I stored the root password of an installation ;D I have seen a "How to" about this but I have a problem, i set the console to insecure, so when I try to do the step of the "how to" i get a message to input the root p

How to restore a lost root password...

2008-10-25 Thread DSA - JCR
Hi all I have lost the neuron where I stored the root password of an installation ;D I have seen a "How to" about this but I have a problem, i set the console to insecure, so when I try to do the step of the "how to" i get a message to input the root password or Ctrl-D to ent

Re: Recovering root password from a drive by mounting the cdrom

2008-07-07 Thread Mukarram Syed
see what I could find. Thanks much # mukarram Mukarram Syed [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message From: Manolis Kiagias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mukarram Syed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Monday, July 7, 2008 12:12:17 AM Subject: Re: Recovering r

Re: Recovering root password from a drive by mounting the cdrom

2008-07-07 Thread Manolis Kiagias
s own disk? Are you able to boot into single user mode, by selecting it from the boot menu? If you can boot into single user mode, you can change the password immediately by doing something like: mount -o rw / mount -a passwd (then exit and boot will continue) If you are asked for a root pas

Re: Recovering root password from a drive by mounting the cdrom

2008-07-06 Thread Mukarram Syed
Can anyone advise. Thanks # mukarram Mukarram Syed [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message From: Wojciech Puchar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mukarram Syed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Sunday, July 6, 2008 2:18:56 PM Subject: Re: Recovering root pass

Re: Recovering root password from a drive by mounting the cdrom

2008-07-06 Thread Wojciech Puchar
I need your help! I have booted up from a freebsd install cd 1. I have connected my freebsd drive in the system. Now I don't know how to mount the drive to edit the /etc/shadow file. I am at the fixit prompt on the cd. IMHO mount /mnt mount /mnt/usr cd /mnt chroot . usr/bin/passwd and c

Re: Recovering root password from a drive by mounting the cdrom

2008-07-06 Thread David Alanis
Quoting Mukarram Syed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi, I am totally new to freebsd and as a Unix admin (not a freebsd unix admin though), I have to recover a lost root password from a freebsd drive. I need your help! I have booted up from a freebsd install cd 1. I have connected my f

Recovering root password from a drive by mounting the cdrom

2008-07-06 Thread Mukarram Syed
Hi, I am totally new to freebsd and as a Unix admin (not a freebsd unix admin though), I have to recover a lost root password from a freebsd drive. I need your help! I have booted up from a freebsd install cd 1. I have connected my freebsd drive in the system. Now I don't know how to moun

Re: Can login using root password, but not remotely with SSH

2007-10-23 Thread NetOpsCenter
Jerry McAllister wrote: On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 03:39:19PM -0400, Robert Huff wrote: James writes: Add yourself to wheel (which is the root group on FreeBSD, a name I believe it inherited from earlier BSDs, but I've no idea what the justification for choosing 'wheel' is; any BSD hi

Re: Can login using root password, but not remotely with SSH

2007-10-23 Thread Robert Huff
Kevin Kinsey writes: > >> Not sure, but I believe "wheel" predates UNIX. I have > >> certainly seen the idea on OSes that do. > > Some anecdotal evidence on the web suggests that the idea > was present in BBN's TENEX in 1969. *DING!* Robe

Re: Can login using root password, but not remotely with SSH

2007-10-23 Thread Kevin Kinsey
John Murphy wrote: On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:39:19 -0400 Robert Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: James writes: Add yourself to wheel (which is the root group on FreeBSD, a name I believe it inherited from earlier BSDs, but I've no idea what the justification for choosing 'wheel' is; any BSD hi

Re: Can login using root password, but not remotely with SSH

2007-10-22 Thread John Murphy
On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:39:19 -0400 Robert Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > James writes: > > > Add yourself to wheel (which is the root group on FreeBSD, a name > > I believe it inherited from earlier BSDs, but I've no idea what > > the justification for choosing 'wheel' is; any BSD histor

Re: Can login using root password, but not remotely with SSH

2007-10-22 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 03:39:19PM -0400, Robert Huff wrote: > > James writes: > > > Add yourself to wheel (which is the root group on FreeBSD, a name > > I believe it inherited from earlier BSDs, but I've no idea what > > the justification for choosing 'wheel' is; any BSD historians > > her

Re: Can login using root password, but not remotely with SSH

2007-10-22 Thread Pollywog
On Monday 22 October 2007 17:42:44 Daniel Bye wrote: > On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 02:21:04AM -0500, W. D. wrote: > > Brand new install of FreeBSD 6.2. Can't log in with PuTTY. > > > > Remote PuTTY: > > Access denied Using keyboard-interactive authentication. > > > > At computer terminal: > > PAM auth

Re: Can login using root password, but not remotely with SSH

2007-10-22 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On October 22, 2007 2:21:04 AM -0500 "W. D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Brand new install of FreeBSD 6.2. Can't log in with PuTTY. Remote PuTTY: Access denied Using keyboard-interactive authentication. At computer terminal: PAM authentication error for root from 192.168.XXX.XXX Any ideas?

Re: Can login using root password, but not remotely with SSH

2007-10-22 Thread Robert Huff
James writes: > Add yourself to wheel (which is the root group on FreeBSD, a name > I believe it inherited from earlier BSDs, but I've no idea what > the justification for choosing 'wheel' is; any BSD historians > here - you'd be welcome to let us know!) Not sure, but I believe "whee

Re: Can login using root password, but not remotely with SSH

2007-10-22 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 04:38:35PM +0330, Bahman M. wrote: > On 2007-10-22 W. D. wrote: > > Brand new install of FreeBSD 6.2. Can't log in with PuTTY. > > > > Remote PuTTY: > > Access denied Using keyboard-interactive authentication. > > > > At computer terminal: > > PAM authentication error f

Re: Can login using root password, but not remotely with SSH

2007-10-22 Thread Federico Lorenzi
On Monday 22 October 2007 3:00:56 pm Johan Hendriks wrote: > >Brand new install of FreeBSD 6.2. Can't log in with PuTTY. > > > >Remote PuTTY: > >Access denied Using keyboard-interactive authentication. > > > >At computer terminal: > >PAM authentication error for root from 192.168.XXX.XXX > > > >An

Re: Can login using root password, but not remotely with SSH

2007-10-22 Thread Daniel Bye
On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 02:21:04AM -0500, W. D. wrote: > Brand new install of FreeBSD 6.2. Can't log in with PuTTY. > > Remote PuTTY: > Access denied Using keyboard-interactive authentication. > > At computer terminal: > PAM authentication error for root from 192.168.XXX.XXX > > Any ideas? D

Re: Can login using root password, but not remotely with SSH

2007-10-22 Thread Roland Smith
On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 02:21:04AM -0500, W. D. wrote: > Brand new install of FreeBSD 6.2. Can't log in with PuTTY. > > Remote PuTTY: > Access denied Using keyboard-interactive authentication. > > At computer terminal: > PAM authentication error for root from 192.168.XXX.XXX Remote root acces

Re: Can login using root password, but not remotely with SSH

2007-10-22 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 02:21:04AM -0500, W. D. wrote: > Brand new install of FreeBSD 6.2. Can't log in with PuTTY. That is normal. The default is to disallow remote login as root. The normal procedure is to ssh in on a normal id and then do su. You have to put that normal user in the wheel gro

Re: Can login using root password, but not remotely with SSH

2007-10-22 Thread Bill Campbell
On Mon, Oct 22, 2007, W. D. wrote: >Brand new install of FreeBSD 6.2. Can't log in with PuTTY. > >Remote PuTTY: >Access denied Using keyboard-interactive authentication. The sshd_config file on the target machine must be configured to allow root logins (generally considered a Bad Idea(tm)). Man

Re: Can login using root password, but not remotely with SSH

2007-10-22 Thread Pieter de Goeje
On Monday 22 October 2007, W. D. wrote: > Brand new install of FreeBSD 6.2. Can't log in with PuTTY. > > Remote PuTTY: > Access denied Using keyboard-interactive authentication. > > At computer terminal: > PAM authentication error for root from 192.168.XXX.XXX > > Any ideas? > > Thanks! If you rea

Re: Can login using root password, but not remotely with SSH

2007-10-22 Thread Kevin Kinsey
W. D. wrote: Brand new install of FreeBSD 6.2. Can't log in with PuTTY. Remote PuTTY: Access denied Using keyboard-interactive authentication. At computer terminal: PAM authentication error for root from 192.168.XXX.XXX Any ideas? Sound like maybe password auth is disabled? Relevant li

Re: Can login using root password, but not remotely with SSH

2007-10-22 Thread Manolis Kiagias
W. D. wrote: > Brand new install of FreeBSD 6.2. Can't log in with PuTTY. > > Remote PuTTY: > Access denied Using keyboard-interactive authentication. > > At computer terminal: > PAM authentication error for root from 192.168.XXX.XXX > > Any ideas? > > Thanks! > > > You are probably trying to

Re: Can login using root password, but not remotely with SSH

2007-10-22 Thread James
On Mon, 2007-10-22 at 02:21 -0500, W. D. wrote: > Brand new install of FreeBSD 6.2. Can't log in with PuTTY. > > Remote PuTTY: > Access denied Using keyboard-interactive authentication. > > At computer terminal: > PAM authentication error for root from 192.168.XXX.XXX > > Any ideas? > > T

Re: Can login using root password, but not remotely with SSH

2007-10-22 Thread Josh Carroll
> At computer terminal: > PAM authentication error for root from 192.168.XXX.XXX ssh access for root is disabled by default, for good reason. ssh as a normal user, then su to root instead. Josh ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists

Re: Can login using root password, but not remotely with SSH

2007-10-22 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 02:21:04AM -0500, W. D. wrote: > Brand new install of FreeBSD 6.2. Can't log in with PuTTY. > > Remote PuTTY: > Access denied Using keyboard-interactive authentication. > > At computer terminal: > PAM authentication error for root from 192.168.XXX.XXX > > Any ideas? D

Re: Can login using root password, but not remotely with SSH

2007-10-22 Thread Bahman M.
On 2007-10-22 W. D. wrote: > Brand new install of FreeBSD 6.2. Can't log in with PuTTY. > > Remote PuTTY: > Access denied Using keyboard-interactive authentication. > > At computer terminal: > PAM authentication error for root from 192.168.XXX.XXX > In /etc/ssh/sshd_config: PermitRootLogin yes

RE: Can login using root password, but not remotely with SSH

2007-10-22 Thread Johan Hendriks
>Brand new install of FreeBSD 6.2. Can't log in with PuTTY. >Remote PuTTY: >Access denied Using keyboard-interactive authentication. >At computer terminal: >PAM authentication error for root from 192.168.XXX.XXX >Any ideas? >Thanks! You cannot login directly with root over ssh You will ne

Can login using root password, but not remotely with SSH

2007-10-22 Thread W. D.
Brand new install of FreeBSD 6.2. Can't log in with PuTTY. Remote PuTTY: Access denied Using keyboard-interactive authentication. At computer terminal: PAM authentication error for root from 192.168.XXX.XXX Any ideas? Thanks! Start Here to Find It Fast!™ -> http://www.US-Webmasters.com/best

Gnome does not accept root password

2007-05-15 Thread dharam paul
While logged in as a user (simple normal user) in FreeBSD 6.2, in Gnome GUI when I tried to do some administrative tasks, it asked me for the root password, I entered the root password, it gives me an error that the password is wrong! I know that the password is correct. Is it some bug in Gnome

Re: Problems booting operating system and with root password

2006-05-30 Thread Aaron Holmes
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

Re: Problems booting operating system and with root password

2006-05-30 Thread Aaron Holmes
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

Re: Problems booting operating system and with root password

2006-05-30 Thread Aaron Holmes
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 (wh

RE: Problems booting operating system and with root password

2006-05-29 Thread robert
r 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.

RE: Problems booting operating system and with root password

2006-05-29 Thread Sam Speranini
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 n

Re: Problems booting operating system and with root password

2006-05-26 Thread Adrian Pavone
-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 for

Re: Problems booting operating system and with root password

2006-05-26 Thread Adrian Pavone
-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 sit

Re: Problems booting operating system and with root password

2006-05-26 Thread Atom Powers
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 encrypte

Re: Problems booting operating system and with root password

2006-05-26 Thread Miguel
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 gro

Re: Problems booting operating system and with root password

2006-05-26 Thread Bill Moran
"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

Re: Problems booting operating system and with root password

2006-05-26 Thread Bill Moran
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 b

Re: Problems booting operating system and with root password

2006-05-26 Thread Adrian Pavone
-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 mod

Re: Problems booting operating system and with root password

2006-05-26 Thread Atom Powers
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 th

Re: Problems booting operating system and with root password

2006-05-26 Thread Adrian Pavone
-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,

Re: Problems booting operating system and with root password

2006-05-26 Thread Miguel
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

RE: Problems booting operating system and with root password

2006-05-26 Thread Sam Speranini
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

Re: Problems booting operating system and with root password

2006-05-26 Thread Adrian Pavone
-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 PROT

Re: Problems booting operating system and with root password

2006-05-26 Thread Andy Greenwood
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 ma

Problems booting operating system and with root password

2006-05-26 Thread Polina Mnouskina
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

Re: lost root password on a raid-1 geom mirror

2006-04-11 Thread Norberto Meijome
irror built into > > and modify that way. > > Beto > it happened as follows - fresh install (following the onlamp.com > howto); kernel recompile with all that needs, reboot, test, put the > box aside for 3 weeks (while forgetting root password - stupid, yes), > try to login

Re: lost root password on a raid-1 geom mirror

2006-04-11 Thread Norberto Meijome
On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 17:31:12 +0300 Petre Bandac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the classic schema with unload all/load kernel/boot -s and mounting / > read-write doesn't work > Hi Petre, I assume you say it doesnt work because your kernel doesn't have gmirror built into it. have you tried using th

Re: lost root password on a raid-1 geom mirror

2006-04-11 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
On Apr 11, 2006, at 1:06 PM, Petre Bandac wrote: When the boot menu comes up, choose "single user mode" and then set a new root password at the shell prompt. Chad single mode --> mount -a --> passwd --> reboot I couldn't remember offhand whether you needed to m

Re: lost root password on a raid-1 geom mirror

2006-04-11 Thread Petre Bandac
gt;> module by hand and then mounting the devices? > >> > >> or take the disks to another box which has geom_mirror built into > >> and modify that way. > >> Beto > > it happened as follows - fresh install (following the onlamp.com > > howto); kerne

Re: lost root password on a raid-1 geom mirror

2006-04-11 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
e disks to another box which has geom_mirror built into and modify that way. Beto it happened as follows - fresh install (following the onlamp.com howto); kernel recompile with all that needs, reboot, test, put the box aside for 3 weeks (while forgetting root password - stupid, yes), try to log

Re: lost root password on a raid-1 geom mirror

2006-04-11 Thread Petre Bandac
> > or take the disks to another box which has geom_mirror built into and > modify that way. > Beto it happened as follows - fresh install (following the onlamp.com howto); kernel recompile with all that needs, reboot, test, put the box aside for 3 weeks (while forgetting root passwor

lost root password on a raid-1 geom mirror

2006-04-11 Thread Petre Bandac
the classic schema with unload all/load kernel/boot -s and mounting / read-write doesn't work any ideas, please ? thanks, petre -- Petre Bandac Network Scientist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freeb

Re: root password (thank you)

2006-04-05 Thread Moe Zhank
Thank you Meijome,Valmont and all. It work !!! Thank you thank you... Norberto Meijome <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > what should I do? look up how to fix it, it's FAQ. "recover root password" or something like that. I'm pretty certain it's in that wonder

Re: root password

2006-03-27 Thread Norberto Meijome
should I do? look up how to fix it, it's FAQ. "recover root password" or something like that. I'm pretty certain it's in that wonderful resource, the FreeBSD Handbook. > I can't sign in anyway to my server... ( u shouldn't be

root password

2006-03-27 Thread Moe Zhank
hi...I have a freeBSD 2.0 that used as server for my local computers. because of the electrical hazard, my system had trouble. All of my password has lost !!! what should I do? I can't sign in anyway to my server... Please help me... Thank You Regards, Adi

Re: Forget Root Password

2006-01-11 Thread Jerry McAllister
> > Hi, > > I forget the root password what can i do , so i cant log in to freebsd This is well documented on the FreeBSD web site. Try looking for booting single user as well as setting root password. jerry > > Thanks > I > ___

RE: Forget Root Password

2006-01-10 Thread Andras Kende
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Forget Root Password

2006-01-10 Thread mamaj m
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Re: Prompt for root password

2006-01-06 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On 1/6/06, JD Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm writing a program that needs to write a file and I'd like to have it > ask for the root password and run as root, like many of the system config > applications do. Do I have to write something special, or is there s

Re: Prompt for root password

2006-01-06 Thread Peter
--- JD Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm writing a program that needs to write a file and I'd like to have it > ask for the root password and run as root, like many of the system > config > applications do. Do I have to write something special, or is there some

Prompt for root password

2006-01-06 Thread JD Arnold
I'm writing a program that needs to write a file and I'd like to have it ask for the root password and run as root, like many of the system config applications do. Do I have to write something special, or is there some way to tell KDE (or GNOME) to prompt for the root password? Is t

Re[2]: Reset root password...HOW?

2005-08-12 Thread vladone
If u dont want too permit change root password by procedure presented, u can this. Open /etc/ttys and modify line: console noneunknown off secure to be console noneunknown off insecure

Re: Reset root password...HOW?

2005-08-12 Thread Michael W. Oliver
On 2005-08-12T08:13:43-0700, Carstea Catalin wrote: > How can i reset root password? > . > Tks again! http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/admin.html#FORGOT-ROOT-PW -- Mike Oliver [see complete headers for contact in

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