From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 15 04:45:40 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39C4F37B401 for ; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 04:45:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gwdu60.gwdg.de (gwdu60.gwdg.de [134.76.98.60]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E0BF43F85 for ; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 04:45:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kheuer2@gwdg.de) Received: from gwdu60.gwdg.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gwdu60.gwdg.de (8.12.8p1/8.12.4) with ESMTP id h3FBjbZk018690; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 13:45:37 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from kheuer2@gwdg.de) Received: from localhost (kheuer2@localhost)h3FBjaAL018686; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 13:45:36 +0200 (CEST) X-Authentication-Warning: gwdu60.gwdg.de: kheuer2 owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 13:45:36 +0200 (CEST) From: Konrad Heuer To: Hilmi Hilmiev In-Reply-To: <3E9BEAE3.5070703@wizzbit.nl> Message-ID: <20030415134306.D14090-100000@gwdu60.gwdg.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to Reset a Forgotten Root Password X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 11:45:40 -0000 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 Konrad Heuer (kheuer2@gwdg.de) ____ ___ _______ GWDG / __/______ ___ / _ )/ __/ _ \ Am Fassberg / _// __/ -_) -_) _ |\ \/ // / 37077 Goettingen /_/ /_/ \__/\__/____/___/____/ Germany