In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Julian H. Stacey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed:
> Amandeep wrote:
> > Hi all,
>
> First, please do Not cross post, we have a rule about that !
>
> ... so I dropped cc freebsd-questions@freebsd.org,
>
> > Is there a way to reset the root passwd without reinstalling FreeBSD 4.7.
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Aman
>
> passwd root
Except you have to know the root password for that to work.
> [ Except maybe ]
> Various things get crippled now, in the name of avoiding
> `shooting self in the foot' accidents by neophytes. So maybe
> if you're running at a higher kernel security level you
> might need to turn that off. Don't know how though, I never
> cripple my root access. (& similarly hate eg fdisk -a being
> similarly crippled by sysctl, in the same name of neophyte
> foot shooting prevention )
I always looked at that as a security feature, not a neophyte
protection feature. I turn it on for my goats.
<mike
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