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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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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,
> 

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

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