Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 08:58:28 -0500 From: Peter Elsner <peter@servplex.com> To: Hilmi Hilmiev <hilmi@wizzbit.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to Reset a Forgotten Root Password Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.2.20030415085811.01c0f718@mail.servplex.com> In-Reply-To: <3E9BEAE3.5070703@wizzbit.nl>
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From the FreeBSD FAQ page: 10.14. I have forgotten the root password! What do I do? Do not Panic! Simply restart the system, type boot -s at the Boot: prompt (just -s for FreeBSD releases before 3.2) to enter Single User mode. At the question about the shell to use, hit ENTER. You will be dropped to a # prompt. Enter mount -u / to remount your root filesystem read/write, then run mount -a to remount all the filesystems. Run passwd root to change the root password then run <http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=exit&sektion=1>exit(1) to continue booting. Peter At 01:20 PM 4/15/2003 +0200, you wrote: >I have FreeBSD box with forgotten root password. How can I reset this >password? > > > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Elsner <peter@servplex.com> Vice President Of Customer Service (And System Administrator) 1835 S. Carrier Parkway Grand Prairie, Texas 75051 (972) 263-2080 - Voice (972) 263-2082 - Fax (972) 489-4838 - Cell Phone (425) 988-8061 - eFax I worry about my child and the Internet all the time, even though she's too young to have logged on yet. Here's what I worry about. I worry that 10 or 15 years from now, she will come to me and say "Daddy, where were you when they took freedom of the press away from the Internet?" -- Mike Godwin Unix IS user friendly... It's just selective about who its friends are. System Administration - It's a dirty job, but somebody said I had to do it. If you receive something that says 'Send this to everyone you know, pretend you don't know me. Standard $500/message proofreading fee applies for UCE.
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