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Date:      Mon, 10 Sep 2001 14:31:50 -0500
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
To:        Carl Schmidt <carl@slackerbsd.org>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org, <adoteya@hotmail.com>
Subject:   Re: Recovery Of Root Password
Message-ID:  <15261.5414.216939.805345@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <117005422@toto.iv>

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Carl Schmidt <carl@slackerbsd.org> types:
> On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 04:58:42PM +0000, Agbenya Adotey wrote:
> > on this box.
> > I don't know what to do now.
> > I would appreciate some help from anyone.
> Boot single-user:
> 
> boot: /kernel -s
> [boot messages]
> [prompt on shell path - press enter]

You missed a step: "# mount -u /" so you can write to the root
partition. An "fsck -p" may be required before that.


> # passwd
> [change the password]
> # ^D (CTRL-D)
> Have fun and don't forget the password again. :)
> --=20
> Carl Schmidt
> Just like the pied piper led rats through the streets
> We dance like marionettes swaying to the symphony of destruction
> http://slackerbsd.org/
> 
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Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>			http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/
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