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. > > *************************************************** > * Chad R Cordero * > * Administrative Computing & Telecommunications * > * * > * http://tns.csusb.edu/ * > *************************************************** >
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