From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 4 08:28:54 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2746716A4CF for ; Tue, 4 Nov 2003 08:28:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from nibbel.kulnet.kuleuven.ac.be (nibbel.kulnet.kuleuven.ac.be [134.58.240.41]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0440243FD7 for ; Tue, 4 Nov 2003 08:28:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tijl@ulyssis.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nibbel.kulnet.kuleuven.ac.be (Postfix) with ESMTP id C816C4B62D; Tue, 4 Nov 2003 17:28:48 +0100 (CET) Received: from octavianus.kulnet.kuleuven.ac.be (octavianus.kulnet.kuleuven.ac.be [134.58.240.71]) by nibbel.kulnet.kuleuven.ac.be (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA1554B62C; Tue, 4 Nov 2003 17:28:46 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (kalimero.kotnet.org [10.4.5.217]) by octavianus.kulnet.kuleuven.ac.be (Postfix) with SMTP id EF98AAEA65; Tue, 4 Nov 2003 17:28:45 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 17:28:45 +0100 From: Tijl Coosemans To: Raakesh Tailor Message-Id: <20031104172845.5d6257a7.tijl@ulyssis.org> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.7 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.9) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by KULeuven Antivirus Cluster cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: help i forgot my password X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2003 16:28:54 -0000 On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 15:33:57 -0000, Raakesh Tailor wrote: > i havent used my freebsd box for a little while now, iv run into a > problem i though i knew what the password was to get in but it doesnt > like it is there a way i can retrieve the root password without having > to re-install the whole thing or to change the root password. Please > help as i have got a new job and want to make use of my unix box I suppose this is a faq, but anyway, 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