Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 22:58:23 +0800 From: Dean Hollister <dean@odyssey.apana.org.au> To: ccoley@kinn.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Lost or Corrupted Root Password Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19980420225823.006af42c@odyssey.apana.org.au> In-Reply-To: <353B5BCE.5B7F@kinn.com>
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At 07:29 20/04/98 -0700, Curtis wrote:
>Is there anything that can be done, when after using the CHPASS command
>on a user, the root password has been changed. I don't have a clue as
>to how it happened. I was using it on another userid. Any help would
>be appreciated.
Reboot into single-user mode, by typing
-s
at the boot prompt. You can then change the root password. Or, if you are
running sudo as well, you could change it that way.
Regards,
d.
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