From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 4 01:47:06 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66E4337B401 for ; Wed, 4 Jun 2003 01:47:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.cs-net.cd (uu194-7-39-155.unknown.uunet.be [194.7.39.155]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEE6A43FA3 for ; Wed, 4 Jun 2003 01:46:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from shellfic1@cs-net.cd) Received: from [192.168.111.168] (helo=SPBUTSANA) by mail.cs-net.cd with smtp (Exim 4.04) id 19NUCI-00074s-00 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 04 Jun 2003 10:04:42 +0100 Message-ID: <006201c32a76$e3990630$a86fa8c0@SPBUTSANA> From: "Simon-Pierre Butsana" To: Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 09:54:20 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: How can I recover the password for root in FreeBSD 4.4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Simon-Pierre Butsana List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2003 08:47:06 -0000 Hi, I changed yesterday the password for root on my server because I found = it too simple. Unfortunately I didn't write it and now I just can't = remind it. I still have access to an account belonging to the wheel = group. Is there any means to recover or to set a new password for root? I would appreciate any help on this. many thanks, Simon