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From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net>
To: Soeren Straarup <xride@x12.dk>
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Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Derekj Tourneo <derekj@tourneo.com>
Subject: Re: One method to recover a lost root password
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On Sat, Mar 17, 2007 at 06:49:02AM +0100 I heard the voice of
Soeren Straarup, and lo! it spake thus:
> On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 08:45:30PM -0000, Derekj Tourneo wrote:
> > now edit the master password file
> > 
> > 	vi /mnt/etc/master.passwd
> 
> Try: vipw -d /mnt/etc
> It automaticly updates the right db(s)

# chroot /mnt passwd root


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