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Date:      Sun, 20 Feb 2000 11:49:31 -0500 (EST)
From:      Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net>
To:        Stefan Boy <ohahx@hotmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: I forgot the root password
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.10002201148240.14207-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net>
In-Reply-To: <20000220121046.51928.qmail@hotmail.com>

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boot it standalone (when it boots up and stops with a prompt - instead of
hitting enter - type -s and then enter)

mount your drives in standalone

(mount -a)

you are then root in standalone with your drives mounted - so you can set
a new password for yourself

(just type passwd)

On Sun, 20 Feb 2000, Stefan Boy wrote:

> Hi
> 
> Iam using FreeBSD 3.2
> 
> And I have lost the paper where i writed the root password.
> 
> I only got two users on the system, thats me, and my girlfriend.
> 
> All the passwords was on the piece of paper I lost :\
> 
> How can I change the root password ?
> 
> I dont got the boot disk.
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