From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 19 14:11:28 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from pinnacle.co.nz (pinnacle.co.nz [202.37.163.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0546155C2 for ; Thu, 19 Aug 1999 14:11:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jonc@pinnacle.co.nz) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by pinnacle.co.nz (8.9.3/8.9.3) id JAA16882; Fri, 20 Aug 1999 09:09:52 +1200 (NZST) Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 09:09:52 +1200 (NZST) From: Jonathan Chen To: Ray Grieselhuber Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Root Password In-Reply-To: <37BBFB5F.B7036C2D@londonind.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, Ray Grieselhuber wrote: > Hi. > I tried to log on to my system, and it said login incorrect. But I know > I was using the right password, so I don't understand the problem. How > do I change the password without being logged in, or how do I get past > this? The FAQ said to do this from the Boot: command, but how do I get > to this if I can't log on? You boot into single user. If you're using 2.2.*, supply a "-s" option on Boot:. If you're using 3.1+, hit the space-bar and then "boot -s". Then: mount -a passwd root -- Jonathan Chen. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message