Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 11:41:36 -0600 From: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Root pwd and single user mode question Message-ID: <200401311141.49727.racerx@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <20040131173310.26489.qmail@web11005.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040131173310.26489.qmail@web11005.mail.yahoo.com>
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=2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 31 January 2004 11:33 am, Patrick Wilcox wrote: > I loaded FreeBSD on one of my old PCs a few years ago. > I wanted to start using it again, but I can't > remember what the root password was. I'm sure I used > the default, but I tried hitting enter and using > "password", "root", "r00t", "sysadmin", "admin" and a > few others to no avail. > > Can anyone tell me some others to try? > > Alternately, I tried logging into the box in > single-user mode to change it. However, when I got to > the boot: prompt and typed -s, it proceeded to do a > normal boot. A few things - there isn't a "default" root password. You either set it or = you=20 don't Nextly (grin) for single user mode to change the root password, look= =20 here. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/admin.html#FORGOT-ROOT= =2DPW =2D --=20 Best regards, Chris =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.8 iQA/AwUBQBvaxA+T/4DAG8NjEQJfnwCeM37Jgb6X7o2vjdBeWc9CrXD69eoAoLwg h7PYXfgxNTTb8Bpd3OIllbpN =3DqJ+Y =2D----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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