Root and User Passwords Both Bolixed
Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2017 10:52 pm
Suddenly, neither my root nor standard user passwords will log me into Ghost BSD. I pulled out my copy of "The Complete FreeBSD" by Lehey, and based on what was suggested, booted into support mode and selected the bash shell. I then typed:
mount -u
mount -usr
but got an error message about no such directory for the latter. So I typed:
passwd root
and then entered a new password twice. At the end, I got the message:
passwd: pam_chauthtok(): error in service module
I did the same with
passwd myusername
and got the same message. And of course, neither password will work. Does anyone have any suggestions before I simply bite the bullet and reinstall?
Thanks in advance.
mount -u
mount -usr
but got an error message about no such directory for the latter. So I typed:
passwd root
and then entered a new password twice. At the end, I got the message:
passwd: pam_chauthtok(): error in service module
I did the same with
passwd myusername
and got the same message. And of course, neither password will work. Does anyone have any suggestions before I simply bite the bullet and reinstall?
Thanks in advance.