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Date:      Wed, 04 Feb 1998 20:13:48 +0200
From:      Ruslan Shevchenko <Ruslan@Shevchenko.kiev.ua>
To:        system@mail.haitang.com.cn
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: root password
Message-ID:  <34D8AFDB.955D52D6@Shevchenko.kiev.ua>
References:  <19980205.14500861@AccSMTP>

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system@mail.haitang.com.cn wrote:

> Hi,
>   May I reboot system from boot disk and change root password, if I forgot
> my root password.
>

why from boot disk ?

You can boot it in single-user mode (boot -s)
i.e. on
boot:  -s

then run mount -u
then passwd root

>  Sincerely
>  XU
>  02/05/98
>  system@mail.haitang.com.cn



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