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Date:      Tue, 16 Oct 2001 09:52:01 -0400
From:      Daniel Frazier <dfrazier@magpage.com>
To:        sathyanarayana <sathyan@india.hp.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, rajeshsb@india.hp.com, raghuhr@india.hp.com
Subject:   Re: I have forgotten the root password
Message-ID:  <3BCC3B81.1000104@magpage.com>
References:  <3BCC39B6.752F6D39@india.hp.com>

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sathyanarayana wrote:

> Hi  Experts,
> 
> 
> How to break the root password of FREEBSD M/C.
> Your Help highly appreciated.
> 
> 

You must have physical access to the box in question...  Boot into
single user mode by typing "boot -s" at the boot: prompt and change it
from there.

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