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Date:      Fri, 15 Jul 2005 20:51:12 +0200
From:      Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
To:        Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@flat.berklix.net>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Amandeep <aman@chamkila.org>
Subject:   Re: How to reset root passwd FreeBSdD4.7
Message-ID:  <20050715185111.GA6063@freebie.xs4all.nl>
In-Reply-To: <20050715184504.GH37261@funkthat.com>
References:  <aman@chamkila.org> <42D58447.9090600@chamkila.org> <200507132203.j6DM3LRd020116@fire.jhs.private> <17110.26404.262204.999520@bhuda.mired.org> <20050715184504.GH37261@funkthat.com>

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On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 11:45:04AM -0700, John-Mark Gurney wrote..
> 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...

Why isn't this whole thread moved to -questions or wherever?

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Wilko Bulte				wilko@FreeBSD.org



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