Superuser password lost

Hi all,

Maybe it's a simple question but i'm a newbie lost in my new
BSDworld.

I've installed PC-BSD but when I want to install a software,
It ask me a 
superuser password.
I think I lost this password. How can I retrieve this
superuser password ?

Thanks

Luigi
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In response to Luigi <bsd.luigialshome.be>:

> Hi all,
> 
> Maybe it's a simple question but i'm a newbie lost in
my new BSDworld.
> 
> I've installed PC-BSD but when I want to install a
software, It ask me a 
> superuser password.
> I think I lost this password. How can I retrieve this
superuser password ?

This is a PC-BSD-specific question.  There is no such thing
as "the
superuser" ... it's a colloquialism frequently used by
folks to make
things sound cooler (or for some other reason I don't
understand)

PC-BSD has several community lists, including a support
list.  Have
you tried asking there?:
http://www.p
cbsd.org/content/view/22/29/

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Thanks to all.

I'll try it.

Luigi


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Is this the root password of the system or something else?

Regards,
Ivailo Tanusheff




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Superuser password lost






Hi all,

Maybe it's a simple question but i'm a newbie lost in my new
BSDworld.

I've installed PC-BSD but when I want to install a software,
It ask me a 
superuser password.
I think I lost this password. How can I retrieve this
superuser password ?

Thanks

Luigi
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On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 09:52:38AM -0400, Bill Moran wrote:

> In response to Luigi <bsd.luigialshome.be>:
> 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Maybe it's a simple question but i'm a newbie lost
in my new BSDworld.
> > 
> > I've installed PC-BSD but when I want to install a
software, It ask me a 
> > superuser password.
> > I think I lost this password. How can I retrieve
this superuser password ?
> 
> This is a PC-BSD-specific question.  There is no such
thing as "the
> superuser" ... it's a colloquialism frequently
used by folks to make
> things sound cooler (or for some other reason I don't
understand)

I don't understand this response.   Superuser is just
another
name for the root user which is any user id with a UID of
0.

I haven't used PC-BSD flavor, but in general, with BSDs you
force
them to boot - by killing power if necessary, but a clean
shutdown
is better (but that usually requires root).

Then, while it is booting, make it boot to 'single user'
mode.
At that point, at the console, you are root.
Clean up a little
  fsck -p
  mount -u /
  mount -a
  swapon -a

Then just set a password for root  ---  and don't forget
it.

  passwd root
    follow the prompts

If PC-BSD doesn't let you boot to single user, then you
will
need to use an installation CD to get to the point you can
write to the passwd and master.passwd files.

////jerry

 
> PC-BSD has several community lists, including a support
list.  Have
> you tried asking there?:
> http://www.p
cbsd.org/content/view/22/29/
> 
> -- 
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> http://www.potentialtech
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In response to Jerry McAllister <jerrymcmsu.edu>:

> On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 09:52:38AM -0400, Bill Moran
wrote:
> 
> > In response to Luigi <bsd.luigialshome.be>:
> > 
> > > Hi all,
> > > 
> > > Maybe it's a simple question but i'm a newbie
lost in my new BSDworld.
> > > 
> > > I've installed PC-BSD but when I want to
install a software, It ask me a 
> > > superuser password.
> > > I think I lost this password. How can I
retrieve this superuser password ?
> > 
> > This is a PC-BSD-specific question.  There is no
such thing as "the
> > superuser" ... it's a colloquialism
frequently used by folks to make
> > things sound cooler (or for some other reason I
don't understand)
> 
> I don't understand this response.   Superuser is just
another
> name for the root user which is any user id with a UID
of 0.

No.  The term "superuser" is a made-up term for
any way of gaining
root privs.  In my experience it's confusing as there are
two
commonly used methods for doing this, the su command and
sudo, and
they require different passwords.

Frankly, I don't know whether PC-BSD is asking for the root
password
or asking for him to confirm _his_ password for use in a
sudo-like
operation.  I don't know of anywhere in the FreeBSD base
system
that the term "superuser" is used, so I assume
he'll get a more
direct answer from the PC-BSD folks.

> I haven't used PC-BSD flavor, but in general, with BSDs
you force
> them to boot - by killing power if necessary, but a
clean shutdown
> is better (but that usually requires root).

The instructions you give are only correct if it's the root
password he lost.  It's likely you're right and this will
get him
up and running again, but I didn't know that for sure and
didn't want
to lead him down a bunch of steps only to find out that it
was asking
for something different.

I was curious about the PC-BSD community and checked their
web site.
Based on what I saw, the best advice to me seemed to be to
direct him
to them.

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On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 11:27:36AM -0400, Bill Moran wrote:

> In response to Jerry McAllister <jerrymcmsu.edu>:
> 
> > On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 09:52:38AM -0400, Bill
Moran wrote:
> > 
> > > In response to Luigi <bsd.luigialshome.be>:
> > > 
> > > > Hi all,
> > > > 
> > > > Maybe it's a simple question but i'm a
newbie lost in my new BSDworld.
> > > > 
> > > > I've installed PC-BSD but when I want to
install a software, It ask me a 
> > > > superuser password.
> > > > I think I lost this password. How can I
retrieve this superuser password ?
> > > 
> > > This is a PC-BSD-specific question.  There is
no such thing as "the
> > > superuser" ... it's a colloquialism
frequently used by folks to make
> > > things sound cooler (or for some other reason
I don't understand)
> > 
> > I don't understand this response.   Superuser is
just another
> > name for the root user which is any user id with a
UID of 0.
> 
> No.  The term "superuser" is a made-up term
for any way of gaining
> root privs.  In my experience it's confusing as there
are two
> commonly used methods for doing this, the su command
and sudo, and
> they require different passwords.

I have never seen the term used that way.

I have seen su and sudo referred to as ways of a non-root id
gaining 
superuser priviledge/root priviledge but not a superuser as
someone who 
is not root, but has a method of gaining root priviledge.

Anyway, the OP sounds mostly like root is what was needed.

////jerry



> 
> Frankly, I don't know whether PC-BSD is asking for the
root password
> or asking for him to confirm _his_ password for use in
a sudo-like
> operation.  I don't know of anywhere in the FreeBSD
base system
> that the term "superuser" is used, so I
assume he'll get a more
> direct answer from the PC-BSD folks.
> 
> > I haven't used PC-BSD flavor, but in general, with
BSDs you force
> > them to boot - by killing power if necessary, but
a clean shutdown
> > is better (but that usually requires root).
> 
> The instructions you give are only correct if it's the
root
> password he lost.  It's likely you're right and this
will get him
> up and running again, but I didn't know that for sure
and didn't want
> to lead him down a bunch of steps only to find out that
it was asking
> for something different.
> 
> I was curious about the PC-BSD community and checked
their web site.
> Based on what I saw, the best advice to me seemed to be
to direct him
> to them.
> 
> -- 
> Bill Moran
> http://www.potentialtech
.com
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On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 11:27:36AM -0400, Bill Moran wrote:
> In response to Jerry McAllister <jerrymcmsu.edu>:
> 
> > On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 09:52:38AM -0400, Bill
Moran wrote:
> > 
> > > In response to Luigi <bsd.luigialshome.be>:
> > > 
> > > > Hi all,
> > > > 
> > > > Maybe it's a simple question but i'm a
newbie lost in my new BSDworld.
> > > > 
> > > > I've installed PC-BSD but when I want to
install a software, It ask me a 
> > > > superuser password.
> > > > I think I lost this password. How can I
retrieve this superuser password ?
> > > 
> > > This is a PC-BSD-specific question.  There is
no such thing as "the
> > > superuser" ... it's a colloquialism
frequently used by folks to make
> > > things sound cooler (or for some other reason
I don't understand)
> > 
> > I don't understand this response.   Superuser is
just another
> > name for the root user which is any user id with a
UID of 0.
> 
> No.  The term "superuser" is a made-up term
for any way of gaining
> root privs.

Wrong.  "superuser" is, just as the previous
poster said, a synonym
for "root", i.e. a user account with UID=0

See for example  http://en.wiki
pedia.org/wiki/Superuser
or  http://c
atb.org/jargon/html/S/superuser.html





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On Wednesday 12 March 2008 16:27:36 Bill Moran wrote:

> I don't know of anywhere in the FreeBSD base system
> that the term "superuser" is used

In the kernel even!
suser(9), suser_cred(9), vfs_suser(9)

-- 
Mel

Problem with today's modular software: they start with the
modules
    and never get to the software part.
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On 12 mrt 2008, at 19:26, Mel wrote:

> On Wednesday 12 March 2008 16:27:36 Bill Moran wrote:
>
>> I don't know of anywhere in the FreeBSD base
system
>> that the term "superuser" is used
>
> In the kernel even!
> suser(9), suser_cred(9), vfs_suser(9)
>

Have you had a look at 'man su' ?

Arno
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