Date: 08 Apr 2001 13:06:00 -0500 From: Don Croyle <croyle@gelemna.org> To: <seyon@stanford.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Forgot Root Password Message-ID: <86n19rclmf.fsf@emerson.gelemna.org> In-Reply-To: "Seyon Verdtzabella"'s message of "Sun, 8 Apr 2001 10:28:26 -0700" References: <NEBBLPEEGLNJFEMOOMJOGEGECAAA.seyon@stanford.edu>
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"Seyon Verdtzabella" <seyon@stanford.edu> writes: > 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, please > help! Ctrl-Alt-Del from the console should result in a clean shutdown and reboot. Boot single user (interrupt the countdown to the kernel boot, 'set boot_single' and 'boot'), remount / rw, mount /usr and use passwd to enter a new password for root. -- I've always wanted to be a dilettante, but I've never quite been ready to make the commitment. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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