> > Eugene M. Minkovskii wrote: > > >On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 03:53:29PM +0200, Christian Tischler wrote: > >" Eugene M. Minkovskii wrote: > >" > >" >On Sun, May 29, 2005 at 10:55:41PM +0200, Christian Tischler wrote: > >" >" Hi, > >" >" I am running a FreeBSD 5.1 system and some time ago it startet to > >" >" "forget" some user passwords. > >" >" As the system is now running for over 2 years I cannot imagine any > >" >" reason why this shound be. > >" >" Any ideas. > >" > > >" >root# su user > >" >user$ passwd > >" >newpasswd > >" >newpasswd > >" >user$ exit > >" > > >" > > >" > > >" >" Thanks in advance > >" >" > >" >" Christian > >" >" _______________________________________________ > >" >" freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >" >" http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >" >" To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >" >"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > >" > > >" > > >" > > >" And how do I do it from remote via ssh? > >" > > > >you$ sudo su user > > > >or, if you in group wheel, perhaps possible following > > > >you$ su user > > > >if you are not sudoer and you have not other way to take a root > >privilegies, you can't be other user. And this is right. In other > >case anybody can be anybody. > > > >" thx > >" > >" Christian > >" > >" PS: that was not quite an answer to my question I think, was it? > > > > > > > Sorry for the confusion. But the problem is that the server forgets the > password of the user (in wheel) I want to log in with from remote. > The question was not how to become root or any other user to change the > password. The question was why the box forgets the passwords in the > first place, and how to stop this.
You may have to give more information. I have never seen a system "forget" a password unless someone or something intervened and specifically changed them. Or, is it possible that you put an expiration on the passwords? By default, I believe FreeBSD sets that at infinite, but you or someone might have changed that while tinkering around. ////jerry > > thx > > Christian > _______________________________________________ > 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]"
