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Date:      Tue, 19 Jun 2001 10:48:50 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Matt Piechota <piechota@argolis.org>
To:        richard harris <h4rris_99@yahoo.com>
Cc:        <security@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: single user
Message-ID:  <20010619104734.O31675-100000@cithaeron.argolis.org>
In-Reply-To: <20010619085547.74733.qmail@web11906.mail.yahoo.com>

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On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, richard harris wrote:

> in /etc/ttys:#
> # This entry needed for asking password when init goes
> to single-usermode
> # If you want to be asked for password, change
> "secure" to "insecure"here
> console none                         unknown off
> secure
>
> but unfortunaly right now i'm forget my root password,
> so what can i do??????

Boot off of a FreeBSD CD/Floppy into rescue mode and mount up the
partition.  You can then edit /etc/master.passwd and such to fix root's
password.


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