[Fwd: Re: I did it, and now I need to undo it...]
From: Jules Gilbert (julesg_at_newebmail.com)
Date: 11/11/04
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Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:50:17 -0500 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
I benched the machine (I have many of these boxes, a friend of mine and
I built these but I didn't have a basis to use these until now -- and
now I need them to run TODAY (well, tomorrow but no later.)
I am pretty sure that benching them is required, as on the rack, these
machines have no terminal or keyboard. Okay, so one by one I bench
them and I bring them up:
a) "safe" mode doesn't seem to accomplish much -- what am I doing
wrong? (These are boxes intended for computation, no X.)
b) My basic problem now is how to I set the file system to rw -- it's
stuck in read-only. I can't update the disk without write permission on
the fs.
One other thing; I get into single user mode, go to /stand and do a
./sysinstall
That seems to work best for me YMMV
--jg
PS: Thank you. and YMMV == your milage may vary
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Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 15:59:58 -0600 To: Jules Gilbert <julesg@newebmail.com>
> I need to reset my root password; I am running FreeBSD 5.2.1 and
> golly!, going to single user mode no longer works to change a password
> -- one gets an authentication error;
>
> I have complete control of the box, it's in my lab. What do I do to
> change the password and bring the machine back to normal use?
>
What I've done in the past is to use the FreeBSD Install cd that you
used to install the system and use the set root password feature. It
has been very successful.
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