From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 1 22:31: 5 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from catalyst.sasknow.net (catalyst.sasknow.net [207.195.92.130]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DA7B37B421 for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 22:31:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (ryan@localhost) by catalyst.sasknow.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g026Utp01595; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 00:30:55 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ryan@sasknow.com) X-Authentication-Warning: catalyst.sasknow.net: ryan owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 00:30:55 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson X-X-Sender: To: Brian Astill Cc: questions Subject: Re: Change password In-Reply-To: <02010217012401.01096@BAPhD.gihon.org.au> Message-ID: <20020102002829.H1566-100000@catalyst.sasknow.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Brian Astill wrote to questions: > Problem: > For reasons unknown, FBSD has stopped recognising my personal user > password. Root works OK, but obviously I can't sensibly work from > there. > > How can I change/delete that user password without knowing the > password that the system is storing? I'm not sure if this is even worthy of a FAQ. :-) As root, root# passwd fooflock Changing local password for fooflock. New password: Retype new password: passwd: updating the database... passwd: done root# Better yet, man passwd :-) - Ryan -- Ryan Thompson Network Administrator, Accounts SaskNow Technologies - http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E - Saskatoon, SK - S7H 0W2 Tel: 306-664-3600 Fax: 306-664-1161 Saskatoon Toll-Free: 877-727-5669 (877-SASKNOW) North America To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message