[TriLUG] Lost password for FreeBSD box

[jason at monsterjam.org]

thats what FAQs are for.
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/admin.html#FORGOT-ROOT-PW

Jason

On Fri, Sep 01, 2006 at 07:24:41PM -0400, Kevin Flanagan wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> 
>    A co-worker of mine needs to go to another office of our employer 
> next week to get some data off of a Free BSD system.  We don't know the 
> hardware so that complicates it a bit.  The current staff have no idea 
> what the root password is, apparently the admin for the system is no 
> longer employed there, and he was the sole tech person.  My co-worker be 
> breaking in to the system, resetting the password and getting some data 
> off of it.  What I'm looking for is any tips that folks may have about 
> tools to take, etc.
> 
> 
>    We do have physical access to the box, and it's on the network. I 
> hope that it's as simple as booting Knoppix to edit /etc/shadow and go, 
> but it's been so long since I messed with any BSD flavors that I don't know.
> 
> 
>    Any tips would be appreciated.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> 
>    Kevin
> 
>   
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