Re: How to reset root passwd FreeBSdD4.7

2005-07-14 Thread Vasil Dimov
On Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 09:55:16AM -0400, John Von Essen wrote: > Boot with 1st CD, goto the Fixit Shell (will need 2nd CD). From there you > have to manually mount the / filesystem and edit passwd (just clear out > the passwd, root::). However, do an fsck on the device first (you may have > to reb

Re: How to reset root passwd FreeBSdD4.7

2005-07-14 Thread Mike Meyer
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Von Essen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > Boot with 1st CD, goto the Fixit Shell (will need 2nd CD). You an boot the second CD directly. http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent Network/Unix/Perforce consultant, email for more information. _

Re: Call for FreeBSD status reports

2005-07-14 Thread Max Laier
This is a friendly reminder that we are collecting status reports. Submissions are due tomorrow (July 15). If you are planning to submit something, but won't be able to make the formal deadline - please let us know, we are willing to extend the deadline a bit for a broader turnout. Looking fo

Re: How to reset root passwd FreeBSdD4.7

2005-07-14 Thread John Von Essen
Boot with 1st CD, goto the Fixit Shell (will need 2nd CD). From there you have to manually mount the / filesystem and edit passwd (just clear out the passwd, root::). However, do an fsck on the device first (you may have to reboot afterwards) since if you have any fragmentation following an unclean

Re: How to reset root passwd FreeBSdD4.7

2005-07-14 Thread Julian H. Stacey
Amandeep wrote: > Hi all, First, please do Not cross post, we have a rule about that ! ... so I dropped cc freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, > Is there a way to reset the root passwd without reinstalling FreeBSD 4.7. > > Thanks in advance > > Aman passwd root [ Except maybe ] Various th

Re: nagios and pthreads

2005-07-14 Thread Michal Mertl
Jeremie Le Hen wrote: > Hi Christophe, > > a quick glance at the archives whould have helped you. I also experienced the problem and read the thread. I don't believe anybody found and shared a way to solve it. The conclusion of the thread was that the problem is more in the application then in Fr

Re: How to reset root passwd FreeBSdD4.7

2005-07-14 Thread stsp
On Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 02:16:31PM +0400, Vyacheslav Sotnikov wrote: > but what to do if i have "console insecure" in /etc/ttys? In the linux world, you would simply boot a live cd like knoppix, open a root shell in the live system and chroot into your installed system to get root access witho

Re: SIMPLEQ_* macros from OpenBSD sys/queue.h

2005-07-14 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2005-07-14 00:22, "M. Warner Losh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Giorgos Keramidas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > : I couldn't agree more. Helping source-level compatibility, as much as > : this can be accomplished for kernel code, is definitely a plu

Re: How to reset root passwd FreeBSdD4.7

2005-07-14 Thread Alex Zbyslaw
Vyacheslav Sotnikov wrote: but what to do if i have "consoleinsecure" in /etc/ttys? I believe you can Boot cdrom Pick "Change system manager's password" Type the new password. Worked fine from /stand/sysinstall, but you have to be root to do that from the command line :-) --Al

Re: How to reset root passwd FreeBSdD4.7

2005-07-14 Thread Vyacheslav Sotnikov
John Von Essen пишет: boot single user... mount -u / mount -a Then use vipw or passwd to clear out or change root password. If you shutdown the system un-cleanly, you may have to do an fsck / as fragmentation will prevent the filesystem from being mounted read-write-able. -john but what

/etc/opiekeys permissions?

2005-07-14 Thread Eygene A. Ryabinkin
Good day. Playing with OPIE I've noticed that the /etc/opiekeys have mode 644. As I remember there was a vulnurability related to this permissions for S/Key. But at that times that file was named /etc/skeykeys and it was created with permissions 600, so FreeBSD was not vulnerable to the disction