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

2008-10-27 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 02:12:19AM -0600, Steven Susbauer wrote: > Mauricio L?pez wrote: > >On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 4:08 PM, Daniel Bye > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>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

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
Mauricio López wrote: On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 4:08 PM, Daniel Bye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 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 m

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

2008-10-26 Thread Mauricio López
On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 4:08 PM, Daniel Bye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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

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 to enter in multiuser mode. > > What happ

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

2008-10-26 Thread Rada alive
er 25, 2008 9:56 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: How to restore a lost root password... > > 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 t

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 "how to" i get a mes

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 message to input the root pa

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 password or Ctrl-D to enter

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 enter in multiuser mode.