From nobody Sun Apr 26 07:02:39 2026 X-Original-To: dev-commits-doc-all@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4g3HhJ0jHlz6b6kn for ; Sun, 26 Apr 2026 07:02:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:3]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org", Issuer "R13" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4g3HhH1fD0z3vG6 for ; Sun, 26 Apr 2026 07:02:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1777186959; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=j/LFGFUFRD/8yR8EAQCxpf2SbH2B7ITxv2Z0V5aPV4o=; b=RO2N5GOhOWyzXtTqoJu+ip7wwEYbBfW8mpeacwJeUwWKTplp5Fl+eUPtPBWeXsJzik03HP D4of/rEZUlDDEfN1JeYauK3mAr1kwbVL70MphV8XWA87SiGpFQZAq2xTe4cJTG6V61Q4YE DxxQqUGXLLBr05uNuvUtcbYrej6DC0no460qcMPE+F0q5xGJsKAa9LqKg0TPZEO536fgjJ c+PG6NJ1LFAu/JAT1Ws/y1asDdJE67IESLVfw94NXF2+1M1JZ+pg9IV7Q7k+vDYUov6lq+ 1MkKv+TsSR0WgHrAChft1xKQ+Dvt7s42110zSK5CjJAYlGUVKj2GERTcwHWeLg== ARC-Seal: i=1; s=dkim; d=freebsd.org; t=1777186959; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=UiQRbEIzxDn8s6p5j5VeOyKRbb9caffA6AFwbaF38z37VAQjt3Y9K9HBf8qqVTXQOJORls c2sbLtCHUDtRKQQYMC56luiOgbDJ6H2SEjm/lxn9gumabfFGxicTrdk7ctwh+ncL3AcjHV vWmB7FWpf/AXW6e3Oo2W63dSp888SWs2sbvuq/wO66VWJynbgzi58y5T19nV8GxOMKoCon e5Ta9RdcGUhCnzD1QbkfwaJptqnAB8xEbUP1KxSGrkbvuQ/V3tjQgzAxBtiyfbWOT/RMaC JBg4sepFtLoyhEPqZ7jh3mVWQmeo4gInY7PXjChwL8j4r/zaxLraaBOvNBatlw== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx1.freebsd.org; none ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1777186959; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=j/LFGFUFRD/8yR8EAQCxpf2SbH2B7ITxv2Z0V5aPV4o=; b=C9ef//ryulxWflZnu0H/vtql239iI5NmcewYdbX5S16PL1BPydp/IdCNru8HcUJw3KKrVb GpLFAUEtohuDLDO/IBTVTxDT+7RG+bQ2YxuPSDWaGZEr8OnMk0j1SzRCICPbqVTmN5xLL1 FPPp+l3bcEPyVBfBVBTIHasNPewqD6wIObk05FGCCEUhZlQ3W25ixhktFtYfM0qQDRC0Hr qrsTG07hm/1U4H9d99XwgGKrnlaEqN4qprqC9IOo9nWozdw6OcxbOYhbOqHJpuFxLSdRNE OVAxaV3DbTkKndNKVsyqAAqiaKo7tC7J11WAKWC3pOnK9SqZqKezZIVy0lzLqA== Received: from gitrepo.freebsd.org (gitrepo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::e6a:5]) by mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4g3HhH1BRvz18XD for ; Sun, 26 Apr 2026 07:02:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from git (uid 1279) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) id 20c38 by gitrepo.freebsd.org (DragonFly Mail Agent v0.13+ on gitrepo.freebsd.org); Sun, 26 Apr 2026 07:02:39 +0000 To: doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-doc-all@FreeBSD.org Cc: Big Sneaky From: Sergio Carlavilla Delgado Subject: git: 67232f1a2d - main - FAQ - fix single-user mode boot instructions List-Id: Commit messages for all branches of the doc repository List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/dev-commits-doc-all List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: dev-commits-doc-all@freebsd.org Sender: owner-dev-commits-doc-all@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Git-Committer: carlavilla X-Git-Repository: doc X-Git-Refname: refs/heads/main X-Git-Reftype: branch X-Git-Commit: 67232f1a2d5e0254a807bebb5fb90d47ff3545b7 Auto-Submitted: auto-generated Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2026 07:02:39 +0000 Message-Id: <69edb88f.20c38.723ab18e@gitrepo.freebsd.org> The branch main has been updated by carlavilla: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=67232f1a2d5e0254a807bebb5fb90d47ff3545b7 commit 67232f1a2d5e0254a807bebb5fb90d47ff3545b7 Author: Big Sneaky AuthorDate: 2026-04-26 06:57:06 +0000 Commit: Sergio Carlavilla Delgado CommitDate: 2026-04-26 06:57:06 +0000 FAQ - fix single-user mode boot instructions PR: 291048 Pull Request: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-doc/pull/635 --- documentation/content/en/books/faq/_index.adoc | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentation/content/en/books/faq/_index.adoc b/documentation/content/en/books/faq/_index.adoc index e421019dcb..ae1b596337 100644 --- a/documentation/content/en/books/faq/_index.adoc +++ b/documentation/content/en/books/faq/_index.adoc @@ -436,10 +436,10 @@ bindkey ^[[3~ delete-char # for xterm === I have forgotten the root password! What do I do? Do not panic! -Restart the system, type `boot -s` at the `Boot:` prompt to enter single-user mode. +Restart the system and select `Boot Single User` from the boot loader menu, or press `Escape` at the menu and type `boot -s` at the loader prompt, to enter single-user mode. At the question about the shell to use, hit kbd:[Enter] which will display a # prompt. Enter `mount -urw /` to remount the root file system read/write, then run `mount -a` to remount all the file systems. -Run `passwd root` to change the `root` password then run man:exit[1] to continue booting. +Run `passwd root` to change the `root` password then run `exit` to continue booting. [TIP] ==== @@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ For more information see the section about encrypted disks in the FreeBSD extref [[rcconf-readonly]] === I made a mistake in rc.conf, or another startup file, and now I cannot edit it because the file system is read-only. What should I do? -Restart the system using `boot -s` at the loader prompt to enter single-user mode. +Restart the system and select `Boot Single User` from the boot loader menu, or press `Escape` at the menu and type `boot -s` at the loader prompt, to enter single-user mode. When prompted for a shell pathname, press kbd:[Enter] and run `mount -urw /` to re-mount the root file system in read/write mode. You may also need to run `mount -a -t ufs` to mount the file system where your favorite editor is defined. If that editor is on a network file system, either configure the network manually before mounting the network file systems, or use an editor which resides on a local file system, such as man:ed[1].