Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 17:26:47 -0400 (EDT) From: "Michael C. Newell" <mnewell@lupine.nsi.nasa.gov> To: Luc Pelletier <LPPelletier@cmq.qc.ca> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Root password Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950815172549.29841K-100000@lupine.nsi.nasa.gov> In-Reply-To: <2125827.ensmtp@cmq.qc.ca>
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On Tue, 15 Aug 1995, Luc Pelletier wrote: > 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? Try "-s" at the kernel boot prompt; that will put you in single user mode. You can then use the passwd command to fix the password. > P.S. Are you laughing as much as I feel stupid... :-) Nope. How do you think I found out about the -s flag???? :-)! Thanks, Mike +--------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ |Mike Newell | The opinions expressed herein are | |NASA Science Internet Network Systems | my own, and do not necessarily | |Sterling Software, Inc. | reflect those of the NSI program, | |MNewell@nsipo.nasa.gov | Sterling Software, NASA, or anyone | |+1-202-434-8954 | else. | +--------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ | work: http://www.eco.nsi.nasa.gov/~mnewell | | home: http://www.newell.arlington.va.us | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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