From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 16 16:37:50 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from logisticsoftware.co.nz (logisticsoftware.co.nz [202.37.163.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1479314E46 for ; Tue, 16 Nov 1999 16:37:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jonc@logisticsoftware.co.nz) Received: from jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz (jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz [10.1.3.1]) by logisticsoftware.co.nz (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA02677; Wed, 17 Nov 1999 13:37:42 +1300 (NZDT) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz (8.9.3/8.9.3) id NAA72681; Wed, 17 Nov 1999 13:37:41 +1300 (NZDT) (envelope-from jonc) Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 13:37:41 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen To: Yan Pan Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to reset the root password Message-ID: <19991117133741.A72631@jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz> References: <3831E9BF.8CA25BBF@us.oracle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <3831E9BF.8CA25BBF@us.oracle.com>; from yxpan@us.oracle.com on Tue, Nov 16, 1999 at 03:33:19PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Nov 16, 1999 at 03:33:19PM -0800, Yan Pan wrote: > I'd like to know how to reset the root password for FreeBSD v2.2.5 You boot the machine up in single user mode. (-s flag on boot). mount -a passwd root Jonathan Chen --------------------------------------------------------------------- Failure is not an option. It comes bundled with your Microsoft product. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message