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Date:      Wed, 7 Jan 1998 15:24:20 -0500 (EST)
From:      "Joe \"Marcus\" Clarke" <jmcla@ocala.cs.miami.edu>
To:        Chad R Cordero <ccordero@wiley.csusb.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: passwd
Message-ID:  <Pine.SGI.3.96.980107152326.25144A-100000@ocala.cs.miami.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.95.980107112419.22685A-100000@wiley.csusb.edu>

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In single user mode, type mount -u / to remount root in read/write mode.
Then mount /usr and use passwd to change root's password.

Joe Clarke

On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, Chad R Cordero wrote:

> I have forgotten my root password, but when I reset in single user mode it
> is in read-only mode.  Is there a way to reset the password in this mode?
> If not, how do I change to read/write mode?
> 
> Any help is appreciated.
> 
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