Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 14:24:19 -0700 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@freefall.FreeBSD.org> To: LPPelletier@cmq.qc.ca (Luc Pelletier) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Root password Message-ID: <199508152124.OAA02081@freefall.FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 15 Aug 95 17:10:29 EDT." <2125827.ensmtp@cmq.qc.ca>
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>I have forget my root password. What can I do to recover from that? >Is there some kind of trick? >I thought of making some special boot diskette in order to edit the password >file. >Will that work? How can I make this disquette? > >Thank you -Lpp > >P.S. Are you laughing as much as I feel stupid... :-) At the boot prompt, specify the "-s" flag. This will drop you into single user mode where you can change root's password to what every you want. -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== Software Developer - Walnut Creek CDROM FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations ===========================================
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