Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 00:36:47 -0500 From: Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com> To: Thomas Bentz <adoy@concentric.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Root password Message-ID: <4.1.19990215003609.03c53270@genesis.ispace.com> In-Reply-To: <36C7AE11.2645FA09@concentric.net>
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At 12:18 AM 2/15/99 , Thomas Bentz wrote: >Is there any way to change the root password without reinstalling the >OS? Thanks, Tom Try booting the kernel in 'single-user mode' (-s at the boot prompt) and then you can do a 'passwd root'.. That should work. HOPEFULLY you're doing this to your own machine :) --- Drew "Droobie" Baxter Network Admin/Professional Computer Nerd(TM) OneEX: The OneNetwork Exchange, Bangor Maine USA http://www.droo.orland.me.us PGP DSS/1024 Public Key ID: 0x409A1F7D To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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