From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 13 22:02:04 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0981D1065670 for ; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:02:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsd.luigi@alshome.be) Received: from csmtp3.b-one.net (csmtp3.one.com [195.47.247.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C37B88FC15 for ; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:02:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsd.luigi@alshome.be) Received: from [192.168.1.46] (unknown [91.86.82.223]) by csmtp3.b-one.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3692100C637; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:02:01 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <47D9A459.4080306@alshome.be> Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:02:01 +0100 From: Luigi User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows/20080213) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kris Moore , freebsd-questions References: <47D80406.3060408@gmail.com> <47D80E3A.9080706@pcbsd.com> In-Reply-To: <47D80E3A.9080706@pcbsd.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Subject: Re: Superuser password lost [SOLVED] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: bsd.luigi@alshome.be List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:02:04 -0000 Ok thank you very much it works Luigi Kris Moore a écrit : > > Luigi, > > Normally you can't just "look-up" the password, however you can reset > it if you like. To reset, use this procedure: > > 1. Boot the system > 2. At the splash loader screen, choose option "4" single user mode > 3. When it drops you to a boot prompt, hit enter, then type in: > # mount -o rw / > 4. Next enter the password change command: > # passwd > 5. Change your password, and then type: > # exit > > That should be it! >