Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 11:45:04 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Amandeep <aman@chamkila.org>, "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@flat.berklix.net> Subject: Re: How to reset root passwd FreeBSdD4.7 Message-ID: <20050715184504.GH37261@funkthat.com> In-Reply-To: <17110.26404.262204.999520@bhuda.mired.org> References: <aman@chamkila.org> <42D58447.9090600@chamkila.org> <200507132203.j6DM3LRd020116@fire.jhs.private> <17110.26404.262204.999520@bhuda.mired.org>
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Mike Meyer wrote this message on Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 09:22 -0400:
> > passwd root
>
> Except you have to know the root password for that to work.
root is never asked what the old password is...
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