Tag Archives: passwd

How to solve cron error: “ERROR: failed to open PAM security session: Success”

Today I ran into a problem at work that I thought would be worth sharing. It is one of those odd only-happens-once-in-a-blue-moon errors, so writing it down and putting it out there on the internet may help those lucky few who run into it. The Situation I had a report from a user that the… Read More »

Reset Root Password : FreeBSD

This post will outline how to reset the root password on FreeBSD. These instructions require local access to the machine and are available on FreeBSD versions 5.4 and greater. Resetting the root password As I mentioned above, resetting the root password and gaining administrative access to the machine requires local access to the server. Following… Read More »