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Re: [cobalt-users] password lost, httpd won't start, doh!



Thanks Gerald, but if I console into the box, I still need the root password to login.


On Thursday, July 11, 2002, at 05:26  AM, gerald waugh wrote:



On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Brian Hostetler wrote:


I changed the root password for an inherited raq2 a week before the
holiday. I wrote it down on something that was apparently tossed into
the trash at some point (classic). I get back from holiday and find
myself unable to su to root. Before I use the reset password button, I
check to make certain httpd is running. It's not  and when I try to
start it, I find that the httpd.conf has errors that prevent apache from
starting. The config is owned by root, so I cannot change it. I'm able
to connect to the system as a regular user, but the web server will not
start, so the password reset button is pretty much useless. Yikes. Any
useful suggestions on how to proceed before I toss this box into the
trash and rebuild it on solaris?


connect a terminal to the serial port.
change roots password

--
Gerald Waugh

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