Date: 21 Apr 2003 11:48:17 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> To: "none none" <pridesites@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Password reset question Message-ID: <44fzobonr2.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <BAY2-F2800goZolmRBa0000e59e@hotmail.com> References: <BAY2-F2800goZolmRBa0000e59e@hotmail.com>
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"none none" <pridesites@hotmail.com> writes: > I had a server which I haven't used in about a year, with data on it > that I'd like to access. Unforunately I forgot the root password. > I've tried the "boot -s" option but once it finishes booting it > displays "enter root password or ^D for multiuser access". (Not > bypassing the root password... I have physical access to the > machine. How can I reset or recover the password? You can't recover it. To reset it, you just have to boot FreeBSD some other way (floppy or CD are probably the best options), mount the root partition, and make your changes. Remember that the directory path won't be the same as usual, so you'll need to use the -d option to either vipw or pwd_mkdb.
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