From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 5 06:42:45 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA28188 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 5 Feb 1998 06:42:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from buffnet4.buffnet.net (buffnet4.buffnet.net [205.246.19.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA28181 for ; Thu, 5 Feb 1998 06:42:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from shovey@buffnet.net) Received: (from root@localhost) by buffnet4.buffnet.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) id JAA03391; Thu, 5 Feb 1998 09:36:55 -0500 (EST) Received: from buffnet11.buffnet.net(205.246.19.55) by buffnet4.buffnet.net via smap (V2.0) id xma003374; Thu, 5 Feb 98 09:36:28 -0500 Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 09:36:24 -0500 (EST) From: Steve Hovey To: system@mail.haitang.com.cn cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: root password In-Reply-To: <19980205.14500861@AccSMTP> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe questions" On Thu, 5 Feb 1998 system@mail.haitang.com.cn wrote: > Hi, > May I reboot system from boot disk and change root password, if I forgot > my root password. Just boot stand alone - At the boot: type -s Then it will at some point prompt you to enter a shell or enter for /bin/sh - that put you in as root Then remote the root drive: mount / You should then be able to type passwd root And set a new one. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Steve Hovey Chief Engineer BuffNET More Than Just a Connection! ------------------------------------------------------------------