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Date:      Tue, 15 Apr 2003 13:45:36 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Konrad Heuer <kheuer2@gwdg.de>
To:        Hilmi Hilmiev <hilmi@wizzbit.nl>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to Reset a Forgotten Root Password
Message-ID:  <20030415134306.D14090-100000@gwdu60.gwdg.de>
In-Reply-To: <3E9BEAE3.5070703@wizzbit.nl>

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On Tue, 15 Apr 2003, Hilmi Hilmiev wrote:

> I have  FreeBSD box with  forgotten root password. How can I reset this
> password?

Reboot your system (e.g., by pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del). Interrupt the boot
countdown by pressing the space bar and enter
  boot -s
to boot into single-user mode. Mount your file systems by
  mount -a -t ufs
and set a new password:
  passwd root

Regards

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