From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 10 19:43:03 2004 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 44FF016A527 for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 19:43:03 +0000 (GMT) Received: from netserver2.cyonisp.net (h-69-3-40-56.cmbrmaor.covad.net [69.3.40.56]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD8FA43D5C for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 19:43:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from julesg@newebmail.com) Received: from [10.0.0.55] ([64.241.37.140]) (authenticated (0 bits)) iA9AsA78001511; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 05:54:21 -0500 Message-ID: <41926C04.7020103@newebmail.com> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 14:29:08 -0500 From: Jules Gilbert User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 (Windows/20040913) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: I did it, and now I need to undo it... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 19:43:03 -0000 I need to reset my root password; I am running FreeBSD 5.2.1 and golly!, going to single user mode no longer works to change a password -- one gets an authentication error; I have complete control of the box, it's in my lab. What do I do to change the password and bring the machine back to normal use? If necessary I can grab the password file(s) and run a cracker, though I will need instructions as to how to do that exactly. (And yes, this problem is my own fault...)