Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 10:53:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net> To: Michael Richards <026809r@dragon.acadiau.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Lost root password Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.971016105303.22010I-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net> In-Reply-To: <199710161347.KAA05880@dragon.acadiau.ca>
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At the boot: type -s - it will boot it stand alone. It will prompt you at some point to enter a shell name or just enter for /bin/sh - press enter Remount the root partition: mount / The type passwd root and there ya go. On Thu, 16 Oct 1997, Michael Richards wrote: > Hmmm. I seem to have mistaken my root password when I changed it... > Now how do I get root again from the console? Fortunately/unfortunately it > does not appear as simple as: > lilo init=/bin/base rw > > :) > > thanks > -Mike >
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