Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 17:26:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com> To: Yingjun He <hey@tuns.ca> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <Pine.UW2.3.95.970423172416.20718M-100000@cedb> In-Reply-To: <199704231230.FAA27451@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Wed, 23 Apr 1997, Yingjun He wrote: > I don't like to reinstall the system (It takes me several hours to install > everything). Is there anyway to erase the password and get into root? I > tried to use "kernek -s" to boot but I cannot edit /etc/passwd with vi. At the boot: prompt, type in -s After a bit you'll get a prompt to enter a shell or <enter> for sh. Just hit enter. Now run passwd It will ask you for a new password for root. Enter a new password. While you're at it, run adduser and create some normal accounts. Dan -- Dan Busarow 714 443 4172 DPC Systems / Beach.Net dan@dpcsys.com Dana Point, California 83 09 EF 59 E0 11 89 B4 8D 09 DB FD E1 DD 0C 82
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