I tried the toor option. Didn't work. I guess these people are smarter than the average vendor. ;)<div><br></div><div>I've booted to installation media and selected the single-user mode. I've got the shell but when I attempt to follow the steps I've found on various sites it doesn't work. Generally, they all follow the same procedure:</div>
<div><br></div><div>mount -a (or mount -u /)</div><div>passwd</div><div><br></div><div>However, this doesn't accomplish anything. when I look at df I'm only seeing the installation media and devfs as mounted. I looked at /dev but can't make out which, if any, of the entries are the partition I'm trying to mount.</div>
<div><br></div><div>When I run passwd it seems to be executing from the installation media as it fails to change the password due to what I've ascertained is a problem making changes to a read-only filesystem. After I ran mount -o rw -a I get the same result.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Any further help is appreciated.</div><div>-Mathew<br><br>"When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all." - God; Futurama<div><br></div><div>"<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:18px">We'll get along much better once you accept that you're wrong and neither am I." - Me</span></div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Morse, Richard E.MGH <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:REMORSE@partners.org" target="_blank">REMORSE@partners.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
You might also try using the 'toor' account -- this usually exists on FreeBSD, although I forget if it needs a password -- but if the vendor isn't paying attention they might have left this account unrestricted.<br>
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Ricky<br>
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On Oct 23, 2012, at 11:50 AM, Mathew Snyder wrote:<br>
<br>
> Thanks guys. I'm downloading an ISO right now.<br>
><br>
> -Mathew<br>
><br>
> "When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at<br>
> all." - God; Futurama<br>
><br>
> "We'll get along much better once you accept that you're wrong and neither<br>
> am I." - Me<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 11:48 AM, <<a href="mailto:kurin@delete.org">kurin@delete.org</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> I haven't *tested* this, but I'm 99% sure it works:<br>
>><br>
>> 1. Download a copy of the 9.0 install media.<br>
>> 2. Boot to the 'live CD' option.<br>
>> 3. Mount the root fs somewhere.<br>
>> 4. chroot into it.<br>
>> 5. `passwd`<br>
>><br>
>> It's *possible* but not likely that the live CD will also want a password,<br>
>> in which case you can choose 'shell' instead of 'live CD'.<br>
>><br>
>> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 11:21:11AM -0400, Mathew Snyder wrote:<br>
>>> We have a single FreeBSD server installed by a vendor. They have let it<br>
>> sit<br>
>>> idle for who knows how long before coming around for a full<br>
>> configuration.<br>
>>> In that time, their default admin account has expired and no one kept<br>
>> track<br>
>>> of the root password. Now it needs to be reset.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Unfortunately, they configured single-user mode to require said root<br>
>>> password. This is quite a hinderance, naturally. I'm not familiar with<br>
>> the<br>
>>> BSDs. Can someone point me in the direction of instructions for reseting<br>
>> a<br>
>>> password with boot media or something. Everything I've found online so<br>
>> far<br>
>>> assumes no password for single-user mode.<br>
>>><br>
>>> -Mathew<br>
>>><br>
>>> "When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at<br>
>>> all." - God; Futurama<br>
>>><br>
>>> "We'll get along much better once you accept that you're wrong and<br>
>> neither<br>
>>> am I." - Me<br>
>><br>
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