From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 1 21:32:22 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from out5.ibm.net (out5.ibm.net [165.87.194.243]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E50A014FB1 for ; Thu, 1 Apr 1999 21:32:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mikegoe@ibm.net) Received: from Nikki.ibm.net (slip-32-101-75-12.oh.us.ibm.net [32.101.75.12]) by out5.ibm.net (8.8.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id FAA34768; Fri, 2 Apr 1999 05:31:36 GMT From: "Michael G." To: cgotzmann@home.com Subject: Re: enter single user mode version 3,1 Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 00:34:33 -0500 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.17] Content-Type: text/plain References: <35230201.C9B2C205@home.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <99040200360400.01351@Nikki.ibm.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG to change the root password you can simply run /stand/sysinstall as root, select Configure, then Change the Root Mangers password..... Michael G. On Wed, 01 Apr 1998, Conrad Gotzmann wrote: > How do I enter single user mode in release 3.1 > this is to allow me to change the root password. > > -s as in version 2.2.8 does nothing but normally boot. > > pressing anykey gets me to a prompt but using mount -u / errors. > > where to go from here. Thanks...... > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message