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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!usenet2.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Booting into Single User Mode Date: 27 Jun 1996 09:29:27 -0500 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4qu5s7$aq@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <DtM9Az.Equ@caprica.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Kenneth Taira (ktaira@caprica.com) wrote: : Embarassing but true, I changed the operator, and both root passwords and : have lost the yellow post-it note that I wrote the passwords on. After a : number of attempts to use Control-C to force system into Single-usr mode, : I can see the password and shadow files, but I cannot get at /usr/bin, etc. : directories to run either an editor or passwd to get at it and am woefully : inept with sh. Just run "shutdown now" from multi-user or type "-s" at the Boot: prompt. You won't be asked for root's password. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....