From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Sat Apr 16 22:46:15 2005
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DACD316A4CE
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Sat, 16 Apr 2005 22:46:15 +0000 (GMT)
Received: from ipact2.infopact.nl (x71.infopact.nl [212.29.160.71])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 032B643D39
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Sat, 16 Apr 2005 22:46:15 +0000 (GMT)
	(envelope-from ergosum@benjaminrossen.com)
Received: from [192.168.1.101] (32-11-ftth.onsnet.nu [84.35.11.32])
	by ipact2.infopact.nl (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j3GMkDJ9005396
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Sun, 17 Apr 2005 00:46:13 +0200
From: Benjamin Rossen <ergosum@benjaminrossen.com>
Organization: GearSticker Corporation
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 00:45:56 +0200
User-Agent: KMail/1.7.1
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;
  charset="utf-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Disposition: inline
Message-Id: <200504170045.56394.ergosum@benjaminrossen.com>
X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang - SpamAssassin
Subject: lost root passwd
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1
Precedence: list
Reply-To: b.rossen@onsnet.nu
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>,
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>,
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 22:46:16 -0000

Marty

I think the problem you are having comes because you must boot your machine in 
single-user mode to make this work. 

Then: 
# mount -u /
# mount /usr
# passed root

You shall then be prompted as follows;

Enter new password: <enter password>
Enter new password again: <enter password>

#^D 

The Ctrl+D causes the system to contine booting with the new password. 

You do not need to mount the /usr file separately if you have not given this 
its own (extended) partition when you formatted your disks. 

Good luck, 

Benjamin Rossen