From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 16 22:47:15 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0406E16A4CE for ; Sat, 16 Apr 2005 22:47:15 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ipact2.infopact.nl (x71.infopact.nl [212.29.160.71]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43A4943D1D for ; Sat, 16 Apr 2005 22:47:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ergosum@benjaminrossen.com) Received: from [192.168.1.101] (32-11-ftth.onsnet.nu [84.35.11.32]) by ipact2.infopact.nl (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j3GMlDJ9005644 for ; Sun, 17 Apr 2005 00:47:13 +0200 From: Benjamin Rossen Organization: GearSticker Corporation Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 00:46:56 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.1 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200504170046.56649.ergosum@benjaminrossen.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang - SpamAssassin Subject: Fwd: lost root passwd X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: b.rossen@onsnet.nu List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 22:47:15 -0000 Sorry... typo # mount -u / # mount /usr # passwd root ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: lost root passwd Date: Sunday 17 April 2005 00:45 From: Benjamin Rossen To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Marty I think the problem you are having comes because you must boot your machine in single-user mode to make this work. Then: # mount -u / # mount /usr # passed root You shall then be prompted as follows; Enter new password: Enter new password again: #^D The Ctrl+D causes the system to contine booting with the new password. You do not need to mount the /usr file separately if you have not given this its own (extended) partition when you formatted your disks. Good luck, Benjamin Rossen -------------------------------------------------------