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Date:      Wed, 6 Dec 2000 17:50:37 -0800
From:      Jim Mock <jim@lust.geekhouse.net>
To:        Ken Bolingbroke <hacker@bolingbroke.com>
Cc:        "Zaitsau, Andrei" <AZaitsau@panasonicfa.com>, "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: lost root password
Message-ID:  <20001206175036.A17747@envy.geekhouse.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012061422170.98775-100000@fremont.bolingbroke.com>; from hacker@bolingbroke.com on Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 02:25:01PM -0800
References:  <054F7DAA9E54D311AD090008C74CE9BD01F1E768@exchange.panasonicfa.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012061422170.98775-100000@fremont.bolingbroke.com>

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On Wed, 06 Dec 2000 at 14:25:01 -0800, Ken Bolingbroke wrote:
> It's not all that hard to temporarily (or even permanently) plug a spare
> floppy drive into the machine...  The alternative is to "crack" through
> the machine's security.

This is covered in the FAQ.  It has nothing to do with "cracking" the 
machine's security.  And why would he need a floppy?  All you need to do 
is:

   1)  Reboot the machine.
   2)  Press a key other than enter.
   3)  Type boot -s at the prompt.
   4)  When it asks which shell to use, hit enter.
   5)  At the root prompt, do "mount -u /".
   6)  Run "mount -a".
   7)  Run "passwd root" and change the password.

See http://www.FreeBSD.org/FAQ/admin.html#FORGOT-ROOT-PW for the FAQ 
entry.

- jim

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