Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 22:40:34 -0400 From: Aaron Jeremias Luz <aaron@csh.rit.edu> To: FAQ@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Problem with question 8.20 (Eek! I forgot the root password!) Message-ID: <19980624224034.11799@homenet>
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Greetings FreeBSD team, The answer for question 8.20, "Eek! I forgot the root password," fails to work because passwd lives on /usr which may not be mounted. /usr may be mounted if dropping into single user mode from multiuser mode, but most people who forget the root password realize so only after a power cycle. The following sequence of commands works for me. # /sbin/mount -a # /usr/bin/passwd root # exit Note also that the full pathname of the commands may be required since login classes are not available and many people do not explicitly put PATH in their shell profiles. (Well, /usr/bin isn't necessary, but it doesn't hurt.) Hope this helps, Aaron Luz To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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