Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 10:23:11 -0400 (EDT) From: lowell@world.std.com To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/14432: root password change (boot prompt is different) Message-ID: <199910201423.KAA06480@heart-of-gold.ironbridgenetworks.com>
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>Number: 14432 >Category: docs >Synopsis: faq answer slightly outdated by bootloader prompt change >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Oct 20 07:30:00 PDT 1999 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Lowell Gilbert >Release: FreeBSD 3.3-STABLE i386 >Organization: n/a >Environment: latest FAQ source >Description: Sheldon Hearn has complained (while answering the frequently-asked- question on -questions) at least twice in a day or so about the fact the FAQ answer for the "I lost my root password" entry doesn't quite match what you'd really see. Specifically, the boot command at the boot prompt has changed. I wasn't sure whether the stuff to type at the boot prompt should be inside of <command></command>, so I left it as close to the existing style as possible. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: faq> diff -ruN book.sgml.ORIG book.sgml --- book.sgml.ORIG Wed Oct 20 10:02:57 1999 +++ book.sgml Wed Oct 20 10:07:02 1999 @@ -4296,7 +4296,8 @@ <qandaentry><question> <para>Eek! I forgot the root password!</para></question><answer> -<para>Don't Panic! Simply restart the system, type -s at the Boot: prompt +<para>Don't Panic! Simply restart the system, type "boot -s" +at the Boot: prompt (just "-s" for FreeBSD releases before 3.2) to enter Single User mode. At the question about the shell to use, hit ENTER. You'll be dropped to a # prompt. Enter <command>mount -u /</command> to remount your root filesystem read/write, then run <command>mount -a</command> to faq> >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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