Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 11:03:32 +0200 From: Simon Barner <barner@in.tum.de> To: Simon-Pierre Butsana <shellfic1@cs-net.cd> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How can I recover the password for root in FreeBSD 4.4 Message-ID: <20030604090332.GA480@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de> In-Reply-To: <006201c32a76$e3990630$a86fa8c0@SPBUTSANA> References: <006201c32a76$e3990630$a86fa8c0@SPBUTSANA>
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--ZPt4rx8FFjLCG7dd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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= =2E I still have access to an account belonging to the wheel group. Is ther= e any means to recover or to set a new password for root? > I would appreciate any help on this. > many thanks, >=20 If you have access to the console, this should do the trick: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/admin.html#FORGOT-ROOT= -PW Simon --ZPt4rx8FFjLCG7dd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+3bXkCkn+/eutqCoRAtJaAKDTFLvsZMAN8RH8ckgwJUDcyZoPagCfUJfN Ulzn4LcNVu8YHDpZnOoblNM= =kdxp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ZPt4rx8FFjLCG7dd--
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