Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 19:53:46 +0530 From: "Joseph Koshy" <joseph.koshy@gmail.com> To: "sunho baek" <sunho.baek@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I've forgotten the root password Message-ID: <84dead720605230723w7858b2beke88f04a76f351d20@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <105fe7d10605230547t66c6a266j4706a89ae74ea33a@mail.gmail.com> References: <105fe7d10605230547t66c6a266j4706a89ae74ea33a@mail.gmail.com>
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> I've forgotten the root password You should try freebsd-questions@. This list is for people writing documentation for FreeBSD. > But, I can't access the shell prompt. What would the symptoms be? The system may ask for a password in single-user mode if the console was set as 'insecure' in /etc/ttys. If so you'll need to boot from a CD or a floppy into 'fixit' mode and mount your hard-disk read-write to continue the repair. -- FreeBSD Developer, http://people.freebsd.org/~jkoshy
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