Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 09:36:24 -0500 (EST) From: Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net> To: system@mail.haitang.com.cn Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: root password Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.980205093522.10321Z-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net> In-Reply-To: <19980205.14500861@AccSMTP>
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On Thu, 5 Feb 1998 system@mail.haitang.com.cn wrote: > Hi, > May I reboot system from boot disk and change root password, if I forgot > my root password. Just boot stand alone - At the boot: type -s Then it will at some point prompt you to enter a shell or enter for /bin/sh - that put you in as root Then remote the root drive: mount / You should then be able to type passwd root And set a new one. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Steve Hovey Chief Engineer BuffNET More Than Just a Connection! ------------------------------------------------------------------
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