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Date:      Tue, 02 May 2006 01:52:05 -0500
From:      Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz>
To:        Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, monitored247@yahoo.com
Subject:   Re: Resetting Password FreeBSD 5.3
Message-ID:  <44570195.9080507@daleco.biz>
In-Reply-To: <4456D2E4.9000602@u.washington.edu>
References:  <20060502030433.10900.qmail@web53513.mail.yahoo.com> <4456D2E4.9000602@u.washington.edu>

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someone wrote:
> 
>> How do I reset my password on my server running
>> FreeBSD 5.3.  I'm not a UNIX guy and desperately need
>> to get access to some data on my server, which has
>> been sitting, in the closet for 2 years!!
>> Please help :(   Thank you.


<pedantic> Sitting in the closet *running* we presume?  5.3
isn't quite 2 years old yet!!

Kevin Kinsey

PS > As Grant mentions, "single user mode" is your friend, available 
from the 3rd stage boot menu....

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