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From: Scott Kupferschmidt <sk@isprime.com>
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Subject: Re: Root pwd and single user mode question
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It's "boot -s" and then you can passwd root

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On Sat, 31 Jan 2004, Patrick Wilcox wrote:

> I loaded FreeBSD on one of my old PCs a few years ago.
>  I wanted to start using it again, but I can't
> remember what the root password was.  I'm sure I used
> the default, but I tried hitting enter and using
> "password", "root", "r00t", "sysadmin", "admin" and a
> few others to no avail.
> 
> Can anyone tell me some others to try?
> 
> Alternately, I tried logging into the box in
> single-user mode to change it.  However, when I got to
> the boot: prompt and typed -s, it proceeded to do a
> normal boot.
> 
> I'm not exactly sure which verion I have, but the book
> was The complete FreeBSD 3rd edition and the CDs are
> dated June 2000.
> 
> Any tips would be most appreciated,
> Pat Wilcox
> 
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