From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 2 10:54:06 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.6) id KAA18941 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 2 Aug 1995 10:54:06 -0700 Received: from localhost.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.6) with SMTP id KAA18932 ; Wed, 2 Aug 1995 10:54:05 -0700 Message-Id: <199508021754.KAA18932@freefall.cdrom.com> X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.cdrom.com: Host localhost.cdrom.com didn't use HELO protocol To: AAU System Operator cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: lost root password... please help In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 02 Aug 95 17:30:44 GMT." Date: Wed, 02 Aug 1995 10:54:03 -0700 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Sender: questions-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk >Dear Friends at FreeBSD.ORG: > ... Boot the system with the "-s" boot flag. This will drop you into single user where you can reset the root password. >-- >John Bart-Plange Email: sysop@aau.org >Network System Operator Tel.: (233-21) 774495 >Association of African Universities Fax.: (233-21) 774821 >P.O. Box 5744, Accra-North, GHANA Tlx.: 2284 ADUA GH -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== Software Developer - Walnut Creek CDROM FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations ===========================================