Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2001 17:43:14 GMT From: "Teguh Kurniawan" <teguh-k@runbox.com> To: seyon@stanford.edu Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re:Forgot Root Password Message-ID: <E14mJDW-0000g0-00@pluto.runbox.com>
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Reboot your FreeBSD box, and when your FreeBSD Bootstrap Loader start to co= unting down from 9 to 1 before continue to loading kernel, press Spacebar. and then type "boot -s". That means you enter FreeBSD box at single mode.= =20 when kernel ask for shell, just type Enter. and change your root password with passwd. Regards, Teguh > 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, plea= se > help! ----------------------------------------------- Runbox Mail Manager - www.runbox.com Free online email application To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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