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Date:      Sun, 6 Jul 2008 23:18:56 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
To:        Mukarram Syed <muksyed@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Recovering root password from a drive by mounting the cdrom
Message-ID:  <20080706231814.A6909@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
In-Reply-To: <654008.76835.qm@web31507.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References:  <654008.76835.qm@web31507.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

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> I need your help!
> I have booted up from a freebsd install cd 1.  I have connected my freebsd drive in the system.  Now I don't know how to mount the drive to edit the /etc/shadow file.
> I am at the fixit prompt on the cd.

IMHO

mount <yourrootpartition> /mnt
mount <your_usr_partition_if_separate> /mnt/usr

cd /mnt
chroot . usr/bin/passwd

and change the password



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