From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 11 1:30:29 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (f118.pav1.hotmail.com [64.4.31.118]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB61B37B405 for ; Tue, 11 Sep 2001 01:30:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 11 Sep 2001 01:30:26 -0700 Received: from 196.3.64.232 by pv1fd.pav1.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Tue, 11 Sep 2001 08:30:26 GMT X-Originating-IP: [196.3.64.232] From: "Agbenya Adotey" To: carl@slackerbsd.org Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recovery Of Root Password Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 08:30:26 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Sep 2001 08:30:26.0694 (UTC) FILETIME=[020F2260:01C13A9C] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi All, Thanks for the reply. But i still have a problem. After booting to single-user, i entered for PATH. Now when i typed "passwd", the response would be "passwd: not found". I don't know what is happening. Regards, Agbenya. From: Carl Schmidt Reply-To: Carl Schmidt To: Agbenya Adotey CC: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recovery Of Root Password Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 13:13:35 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: from [24.40.72.54] by hotmail.com (3.2) with ESMTP id MHotMailBD663FC1000C4004325B1828483604BB0; Mon, 10 Sep 2001 10:13:38 -0700 Received: (qmail 81630 invoked by uid 1000); 10 Sep 2001 17:13:35 -0000 From carl@slackerbsd.org Mon, 10 Sep 2001 10:15:02 -0700 Message-ID: <20010910131335.C4381@slackerbsd.org> References: In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.22.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.4-RC X-PGP-Key: http://slackerbsd.org/~carl/carl_schmidt.asc 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] # passwd [change the password] # ^D (CTRL-D) Have fun and don't forget the password again. :) -- 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/ << attach3 >> _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message