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From: "Seyon Verdtzabella" <seyon@stanford.edu>
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Subject: Forgot Root Password
Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2001 10:28:26 -0700
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I installed FreeBSD 4.0 and have since forgotten the root password.
Is there a way to bypass/restore the root password from the console, please
help!


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