RE: Superuser password lost

2008-03-16 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bill Moran > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 6:15 PM > To: freebsd-questions > Subject: Re: Superuser password lost > > > > Apparently I miscommunicated. My point was th

Re: Superuser password lost [SOLVED]

2008-03-13 Thread Luigi
Ok thank you very much it works Luigi Kris Moore a écrit : Luigi, Normally you can't just "look-up" the password, however you can reset it if you like. To reset, use this procedure: 1. Boot the system 2. At the splash loader screen, choose option "4" single user mode 3. When it drops you t

Re: Superuser password lost

2008-03-13 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 10:14:32PM -0400, Bill Moran wrote: > > Because I don't think it's appropriate to drag this conversation on > and on, I'm going to try to answer all the responses in a single > email. > > Jerry McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 11:27:36

Re: Superuser password lost

2008-03-12 Thread Bill Moran
Because I don't think it's appropriate to drag this conversation on and on, I'm going to try to answer all the responses in a single email. Jerry McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 11:27:36AM -0400, Bill Moran wrote: > [snip] > > > > No. The term "superuser" is a

Re: Superuser password lost

2008-03-12 Thread FreeBSD
On 12 mrt 2008, at 19:26, Mel wrote: On Wednesday 12 March 2008 16:27:36 Bill Moran wrote: I don't know of anywhere in the FreeBSD base system that the term "superuser" is used In the kernel even! suser(9), suser_cred(9), vfs_suser(9) Have you had a look at 'man su' ? Arno _

Re: Superuser password lost

2008-03-12 Thread Mel
On Wednesday 12 March 2008 16:27:36 Bill Moran wrote: > I don't know of anywhere in the FreeBSD base system > that the term "superuser" is used In the kernel even! suser(9), suser_cred(9), vfs_suser(9) -- Mel Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules and never get

Re: Superuser password lost

2008-03-12 Thread Alex Zbyslaw
Bill Moran wrote: I don't know of anywhere in the FreeBSD base system that the term "superuser" is used, so I assume he'll get a more direct answer from the PC-BSD folks. Hate to be picky, because I'd agree with most everything else you wrote, but superuser, and its synonym super-user, do ap

Re: Superuser password lost

2008-03-12 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 11:27:36AM -0400, Bill Moran wrote: > In response to Jerry McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 09:52:38AM -0400, Bill Moran wrote: > > > > > In response to Luigi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > Maybe it's a simple ques

Re: Superuser password lost

2008-03-12 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 11:27:36AM -0400, Bill Moran wrote: > In response to Jerry McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 09:52:38AM -0400, Bill Moran wrote: > > > > > In response to Luigi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > Maybe it's a simple que

Re: Superuser password lost

2008-03-12 Thread Bill Moran
In response to Jerry McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 09:52:38AM -0400, Bill Moran wrote: > > > In response to Luigi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > Maybe it's a simple question but i'm a newbie lost in my new BSDworld. > > > > > > I've installed PC-

Re: Superuser password lost

2008-03-12 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 09:52:38AM -0400, Bill Moran wrote: > In response to Luigi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Hi all, > > > > Maybe it's a simple question but i'm a newbie lost in my new BSDworld. > > > > I've installed PC-BSD but when I want to install a software, It ask me a > > superuser pa

Re: Superuser password lost

2008-03-12 Thread Luigi
Yes I think it is the root password of the system. Ivailo Tanusheff a écrit : Is this the root password of the system or something else? Regards, Ivailo Tanusheff Luigi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12.03.2008 14:59 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To freebsd-questi

Re: Superuser password lost

2008-03-12 Thread Ivailo Tanusheff
Is this the root password of the system or something else? Regards, Ivailo Tanusheff Luigi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12.03.2008 14:59 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To freebsd-questions cc Subject Superuser password lost Hi all, Maybe it's a simple questio

Re: Superuser password lost

2008-03-12 Thread Luigi
Thanks to all. I'll try it. Luigi ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: Superuser password lost

2008-03-12 Thread Bill Moran
In response to Luigi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi all, > > Maybe it's a simple question but i'm a newbie lost in my new BSDworld. > > I've installed PC-BSD but when I want to install a software, It ask me a > superuser password. > I think I lost this password. How can I retrieve this superuser pas