Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:44:50 -0500 From: David Alanis <canito@dalan.us> To: Mukarram Syed <muksyed@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recovering root password from a drive by mounting the cdrom Message-ID: <20080706124450.7keijs7wowcc0sog@mail.dalan.us> In-Reply-To: <654008.76835.qm@web31507.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <654008.76835.qm@web31507.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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Quoting Mukarram Syed <muksyed@yahoo.com>: > Hi, > I am totally new to freebsd and as a Unix admin (not a freebsd unix =20 > admin though), I have to recover a lost root password from a freebsd =20 > drive. > I need your help! > I have booted up from a freebsd install cd 1. I have connected my =20 > freebsd drive in the system. Now I don't know how to mount the =20 > drive to edit the /etc/shadow file. > I am at the fixit prompt on the cd. > Can anyone help. I have tried googling this for the past hour with no luc= k. > Is there anyother way to do this? I can't login using single user =20 > mode though. > > thanks much > > # mukarram > > Mukarram Syed > muksyed@yahoo.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g" > Simple as typing a few words in google: http://www.google.com/search?hl=3Den&q=3Dhow+to+recover+a+root+password+free= bsd&btnG=3DSearch Try the first link. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
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