Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 19:09:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Jim Cassata <jim@web-ex.com> To: Nino Tungul <ninot@everex.com> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Password Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9905121905310.306-100000@Homer.Web-Ex.com> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990512160920.00a5fce0@mail.everex.com>
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<useful answer> reboot from console (CTRL-ALT-DEL if you have to) and type -s when you get the boot prompt. This will bring you into single user mode, where you can set the root passwd. </useful answer> <useless addition> you would not have to re-install, the worst case like this that I ever came across was on older linux boxes (1.0 kernels) where you would boot to floppy and mount the root partition as something else and edit the password file.11 </useless addition> Jim Cassata 516.421.6000 jim@web-ex.com Web Express 20 Broadhollow Road Suite 3011 Melville, NY 11747 On Wed, 12 May 1999, Nino Tungul wrote: > > Can somebody please help me. I forgot the super user password. how can i > possibly change it? dont want to reinstall again. > > thanks. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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