Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 12:42:04 -0500 (EST) From: Scott Kupferschmidt <sk@isprime.com> To: Patrick Wilcox <patwx@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Root pwd and single user mode question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0401311241550.28993-100000@lexus.isprime.com> In-Reply-To: <20040131173310.26489.qmail@web11005.mail.yahoo.com>
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It's "boot -s" and then you can passwd root Sincerely, Scott Kupferschmidt ISPrime, Inc. 866.502.4678 ext. 3 AIM: Scott ISPrime - ICQ: 174337249 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 > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! > http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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