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From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
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Subject: Re: Root password
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Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 20:10:24 -0500 (EST)
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In-Reply-To: <49163385296.20021108170320@milneweb.com> from "Pete Milne" at Nov 08, 2002 05:03:20 PM
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> 
>   Somehow I managed to load FBSD and not have a root password.  How do I
>   setup a root password from a command line?
> 

If you really created root with no password, then you can just log in
as root and don't have to enter a password.  Then, when you get logged
in as root, type  'passwd'   and follow the prompts.

If, somehow there really is a password, but you don't know it you will
have to boot in to single user  - hit the space bar during the coutdown.
Then do:

   boot -s    
   --  wait for the boot --
   fsck -a
   mount -u /
   mount -a
   swapon -a
   passwd root
     follow the prompts

////jerry

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