Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 14:54:18 -0800 (PST) From: Roop Nanuwa <roop@gw.carpoolbc.com> To: Grover Sonnier <groversonnier@msn.com> Cc: "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: User ID and Password Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011241451180.61580-100000@gw.carpoolbc.com> In-Reply-To: <01C05624.CAEFD2E0.groversonnier@msn.com>
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Look at: http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/admin.html#FORGOT-ROOT-PW This will let you change the password for root... if you have just forgotten a user password (but you know the root password) you can 'su' in as root, and then type: >passwd <username> with <username> replaced with the forgetten password user... RSN On Wed, 22 Nov 2000, Grover Sonnier wrote: > I have forgotten my user name and password and don't know how to get into > the system to make a change. I would greatly appreciate your help. It's > taken me about a week to install the program and now I cannot get into the > darn thing. If I would frustrated it's because I am. I will be patiently > awaiting your help. > > Frustrated and Waiting > > Grover > > > > 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
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