From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 22 00:13:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA05822 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 22 Sep 1998 00:13:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gwdu60.gwdg.de (gwdu60.gwdg.de [134.76.10.60]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA05809 for ; Tue, 22 Sep 1998 00:13:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kheuer@gwdu60.gwdg.de) Received: from localhost (kheuer@localhost) by gwdu60.gwdg.de (8.9.0/8.9.0) with SMTP id JAA25699; Tue, 22 Sep 1998 09:12:43 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 09:12:43 +0200 (CEST) From: Konrad Heuer To: larry_nilsen cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: root password In-Reply-To: <360748FF.8153076B@eee.org> 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 Mon, 21 Sep 1998, larry_nilsen wrote: > ected to the internet yet through FREEBSD.Could you explain to me how i > can get in my system and edit the password to a new one. of course > paying > extra attention this time. ThankYou in advance.......... 1. Boot into single user mode: boot: -s ^ Enter `-s' here at the boot prompt! 2. Accept /bin/sh as your shell. 3. At the shell prompt, check and mount your filesystems: fsck -y mount -a -t ufs 4. Call the password program to set your new password: passwd 5. Reboot the system. Regards Konrad Heuer // Gesellschaft fuer wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH // Goettingen (GWDG), Am Fassberg, D-37077 Goettingen, Germany // // kheuer@gwdu60.gwdg.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message