Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 08:41:09 -0700 From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Patrick Gardella <patrick@cre8tivegroup.com> Cc: "(Michael Richards)" <026809r@dragon.acadiau.ca>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Lost root password Message-ID: <34463595.446B9B3D@whistle.com> References: <XFMail.971016103205.patrick@cre8tivegroup.com>
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Patrick Gardella wrote: > > Boot into single user (-s at Boot; prompt). Use /stand/sysinstall or passwd to > change the root password to something you will remember. ;) > > Patrick > > On 16-Oct-97 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 don't forget to do mount -u / mount /usr mount /var to make the filesystems writeable or passwd won't work
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