Hi! On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 07:27:56AM -0600, Phusion wrote: >I am looking for advice on how to reset the root password on an >OpenBSD system that has console set to insecure in /etc/ttys. I have >booted off the install CD and into the shell and mounted the / >partition read-write, but don't have access to vi to modify >/etc/master.passwd. I was thinking I could clear out the root password >and afterwards run pwd_mkdb. Let me know. Thanks.
If you mount the original / partition (like in mount /dev/wd0a /mnt), you can then mount /usr, /var, too (e.g. mount /dev/wd0d /mnt/usr, mount /dev/wd0e /mnt/var). Then you can chroot into your system: /mnt/usr/sbin/chroot /mnt /bin/ksh. Then you can setup the terminal (export TERM=pcvt25) and the editor (export EDITOR=/usr/bin/vi) and use vipw. Kind regards, Hannah.
