Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 14:56:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: andrew_s@launchnet.com (Justin Smith) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Reseting my root password Message-ID: <199804142156.OAA08645@tao.thought.org> In-Reply-To: <3533D936.7ED5FA1F@launchnet.com> from Justin Smith at "Apr 14, 98 02:46:30 pm"
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According to Justin Smith: > I installed FreeBSD about two weeks ago, then I went on vacation, I > forgot to write down my passwords & now I don't know what to do, is > there any way I can reset my password from the log in prompt because > that's as far as I can get. > > All my system is used for is just to learn Unix & its based at home > Bring up your system is single-user mode; boot: -s And change your root password. You may have to remount some filesystems in order to do this. gary > -- Gary D. Kline kline@tao.thought.org Public service uNix To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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