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Date:      Sat, 29 Sep 2001 21:32:30 +0200 (SAST)
From:      The Psychotic Viper <psyv@sec-it.net>
To:        Oscar Castaneda <oscarcvt@hotmail.com>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: root password question
Message-ID:  <20010929212902.A17717-100000@lucifer.fuzion.ath.cx>
In-Reply-To: <F161N08b0FfvlURP7qi0000b61f@hotmail.com>

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Hi,

On Fri, 28 Sep 2001, Oscar Castaneda wrote:

> How can i go about recovering the root (or user) password for a freeBSD box?
> is there like a single user mode like in linux?
yes, at the bootstrap prompt "boot:" (obtainable by pressing any key when
prompted at boot) type boot -s and u should boot into single user mode.

PsyV


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