Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 22:02:55 -0800 From: "Andras Kende" <andras@kende.com> To: "'mamaj m'" <mamaj1979@hotmail.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Forget Root Password Message-ID: <000001c61674$ab0affc0$0a01a8c0@a> In-Reply-To: <BAY19-F59594DD295129595EDFCEA3230@phx.gbl>
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-----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of mamaj m Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 2:16 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Forget Root Password Hi, I forget the root password what can i do , so i cant log in to freebsd Thanks I _________________________________________________________________ Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ 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" Hello, during boot up there's a prompt which says to hit enter to boot /kernel or something like that. It times out after 10 seconds (default). Hit any other key than enter and type "boot-s" to boot in single user mode. You should then get a shell prompt where you run these commands: # fsck -p # mount -a -t ufs # swapon -a # passwd -l # exit Best regards, Andras Kende http://www.kende.com
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