[TriLUG] Lost password for FreeBSD box

[Kevin Flanagan]

Many thanks to all who responded, it's a lot easier to boot to single 
user mode. 


Thanks!

Kevin Flanagan wrote:
> Hi all,
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>    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.
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>    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.
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>    Any tips would be appreciated.
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> Thanks,
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>    Kevin
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