Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 00:46:56 +0200 From: Benjamin Rossen <ergosum@benjaminrossen.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Fwd: lost root passwd Message-ID: <200504170046.56649.ergosum@benjaminrossen.com>
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Sorry... typo # mount -u / # mount /usr # passwd root ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: lost root passwd Date: Sunday 17 April 2005 00:45 From: Benjamin Rossen <ergosum@benjaminrossen.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Marty I think the problem you are having comes because you must boot your machine in single-user mode to make this work. Then: # mount -u / # mount /usr # passed root You shall then be prompted as follows; Enter new password: <enter password> Enter new password again: <enter password> #^D The Ctrl+D causes the system to contine booting with the new password. You do not need to mount the /usr file separately if you have not given this its own (extended) partition when you formatted your disks. Good luck, Benjamin Rossen -------------------------------------------------------
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