Accessing Single User Mode in BSDI

[Draco]

I have a x86 machine running BSDI 4.1, and I need to access single user mode because i've lost root access. What is the procedure to putting the machine in single user mode and resetting the root password? Is a boot disk needed for single user access?

 

[Sunner]

Tried "boot -s" ?
Shot in the dark, but that's how you do it under OpenBSD, and IIRC under FreeBSD as well.

 

[Draco]

your right, it's boot -s

then

/bin/sh to mount a shell
then
mount -t ufs -a
then
passwd root

 

[Sunner]

Yay, I rule

 

[cmv]

Does "init 0" work on BSDI? Just curious .