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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.sdsmt.edu!nntp.uac.net!news.tufts.edu!blanket.mitre.org!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!jraynard.demon.co.uk!jraynard.demon.co.uk!james From: james@jraynard.demon.co.uk (James Raynard) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: HELP: lost root passwd Date: 23 May 1996 01:42:25 GMT Organization: A FreeBSD-current box Lines: 29 Message-ID: <4o0fq1$c6c@jraynard.demon.co.uk> References: <slegter.832754504@ruunat.fys.ruu.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: jraynard.demon.co.uk Cc: slegter@fys.ruu.nl X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Tom Slegter (slegter@fys.ruu.nl) wrote: : Everyting went well until I was so stupid to use chpass to change my : root password. I typed it unencrypted !! : Consequently I cannot login as root anymore. : How can I become root again so I can change the password file again. Hmm, I think you meant encrypted there... 8-) Anyway, here's what to do:- 1. Reboot. 2. Type -s at the 'boot: ' prompt. Unless you edited /etc/ttys to make the console secure, you will be dropped into single-user mode without being asked for a password. 3. 'mount -u -o rw /' to allow you to write to the root partition. 4. 'vipw' to edit the password file - delete the incorrect password. 5. Run 'passwd' to set the correct password. 6. Type 'exit' to get out of single-user mode. : Please send answers directly to slegter@fys.ruu.nl Cc'd as requested. -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland jraynard@dial.pipex.com james@jraynard.demon.co.uk