Jeremy,
Nailed it on the head. I had forgotten that a few weeks ago I was messing
around with that file.
I changed this line:
ttyv0 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on insecure
to this:
ttyv0 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure
And now I am able to login to root from the co
On 08/31/2012 03:37 PM, Walt Elam wrote:
I recently *accidentally* removed myself from the wheel group, so I was no
longer able to use su to root. To fix it, I hooked up a monitor and
keyboard to my FreeBSD 8.2 box so I could login as root, but it kept
rejecting my password. I restarted the machi
Thank you Meijome,Valmont and all.
It work !!!
Thank you thank you...
Norberto Meijome <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> what should I do?
look up how to fix it, it's FAQ. "recover root password" or something
like that. I'm pretty certain it's in that wonderful resource, the
FreeBSD Handbook.
On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 21:06:56 -0800 (PST)
Moe Zhank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hi...I have a freeBSD 2.0 that used as server for my local computers.
> because of the electrical hazard, my system had trouble.
> All of my password has lost !!!
sorry to hear that.
> what should I do?
look
> Interrupt the loader at the boot prompt by pressing SPACE instead of
ENTER.
>
> Then, run "unload" to clean up any modules already loaded.
>
> boot: unload
>
> Unset "acpi_load" in the loader.
>
> boot: unset acpi_load
>
> Load the kernel again.
>
> boot: load kernel
>
> Boot si
On 2004-05-31 01:13, Marcus Kellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> When moving from the University of Idaho dorms, where I installed FreeBSD
> 5.2.1, back to my dad's place, my installation got all sorts of crazy,
> between DHCP, hostname, and other problems that were I guess part of my
> system's con
Yoo, Gene wrote:
However, recently the root usner name and password, when entered
correctly or incorrectly, does not login. It gives me the message of
Incorrect password or usnername. Why has this suddenly started
occurring and how do I fix this?
Change the line containing "PermitRootLogin" to ye
Are you having problem when using ssh or from the console?
Alright I have recently installed BSD onto my computer as one of the OS
systems to dual boot.
However, recently the root usner name and password, when entered
correctly or incorrectly, does not login. It gives me the message of
Incorr
Hit him, perhaps he responds then :-)
No Serious, it could mean a lot of things,
did you try just entering from the login prompt?
Login: root
Password:
You might accidently changed it, someone might have changed it, it was
unset, you were toying with vipw, and dozens options more ;-)
Perhaps yo
>
>
>
> >boot -s
> >-- wait for the boot --
> >fsck -a
> >mount -u /
> >mount -a
>
> Better here would be :
>
> mount -a -t ufs
>
> in case there are NFS mounts in the fstab.
Oh yah, I forget that one because we don't do any NFS mounts or
other non UFS fi
>boot -s
>-- wait for the boot --
>fsck -a
>mount -u /
>mount -a
Better here would be :
mount -a -t ufs
in case there are NFS mounts in the fstab.
>swapon -a
>passwd root
> follow the prompts
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>
> Somehow I managed to load FBSD and not have a root password. How do I
> setup a root password from a command line?
>
If you really created root with no password, then you can just log in
as root and don't have to enter a password. Then, when you get logged
in as root, type 'passwd'
> Somehow I managed to load FBSD and not have a root password. How do I
> setup a root password from a command line?
Once logged in as root, type:
passwd
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http://skycoast.us/pscott/
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The passwd program.
> Somehow I managed to load FBSD and not have a root password. How do I
> setup a root password from a command line?
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