Re: [ot] NetBSD
On Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 01:20:19PM +, Dominic Mitchell wrote: Resetting the root password is not too difficult, I think (I'm more used to FreeBSD, this will /probably/ work. Once booted into single user mode, do: # mount -u / # ed /etc/master.passwd 1s/:[^:]*/:/ p w q # pwd_mkdb /etc/master.passwd That should probably be (according to the vipw source): # pwd_mkdb -p /etc/master.passwd # exit -Dom
Re: [ot] NetBSD
On Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 01:20:19PM +, Dominic Mitchell wrote: I'm not totally certain things are the same on NetBSD, but you should be able to get going, by looking at this and the man pages on www.netbsd.org. You may also want to use the source code: ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-release-1-5/src/ -Dom
Re: [ot] NetBSD
On Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 01:08:22PM +, David Cantrell wrote: A quick question for all the BSD people. How do I boot NetBSD into single-user mode? In case it matters, this is on Sparc. A pint for whoever helps me reset the root password :-) ok boot -s You may need variations on this to boot from the correct device (eg: "boot cdrom -s". This assumes you have a v2 prom or newer, which you probably do (my old sparc 2 has one). Resetting the root password is not too difficult, I think (I'm more used to FreeBSD, this will /probably/ work. Once booted into single user mode, do: # mount -u / # ed /etc/master.passwd 1s/:[^:]*/:/ p w q # pwd_mkdb /etc/master.passwd # exit And it should come back up in multi-user mode, with root having no password. The pwd_mkdb command recreates the /etc/pwd.db and /etc/spwd.db databases, which is just used for quick lookup. Normally, you'd use vipw(8) and get this done automatically. I'm not totally certain things are the same on NetBSD, but you should be able to get going, by looking at this and the man pages on www.netbsd.org. -Dom
Re: [ot] NetBSD
Summary: pwd_mkdb didn't work, so I tried re-installing (it was a fresh install I'd broken anyway). I then proceded to get very annoyed with the NetBSD installer, because it doesn't let you go back and correct your stupid mistakes. And then installed Debian. -- David Cantrell | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david/ This is a signature. There are many like it but this one is mine. ** I read encrypted mail first, so encrypt if your message is important ** PGP signature
Re: [ot] NetBSD
On Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 05:53:32PM +, David Cantrell wrote: Summary: pwd_mkdb didn't work, so I tried re-installing (it was a fresh install I'd broken anyway). I then proceded to get very annoyed with the NetBSD installer, because it doesn't let you go back and correct your stupid mistakes. And then installed Debian. Wuss. ;-) Actually, you might want to try OpenBSD. I don't think its as stable on sparc as NetBSD, but the installer is loads nicer. I always preferred the NetBSD 1.1 installer, which basically dumped you in a shell and gave you "disklabel", "newfs", "tar" and a couple of others. Very effective. -Dom
