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Date:      Wed, 2 Jan 2002 00:30:55 -0600 (CST)
From:      Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com>
To:        Brian Astill <bastill@sa.apana.org.au>
Cc:        questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Change password
Message-ID:  <20020102002829.H1566-100000@catalyst.sasknow.net>
In-Reply-To: <02010217012401.01096@BAPhD.gihon.org.au>

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Brian Astill wrote to questions:

> Problem:
> For reasons unknown, FBSD has stopped recognising my personal user
> password.  Root works OK, but obviously I can't sensibly work from
> there.
>
> How can I change/delete that user password without knowing the
> password that the system is storing?

I'm not sure if this is even worthy of a FAQ. :-)

As root,

root# passwd fooflock
Changing local password for fooflock.
New password:
Retype new password:
passwd: updating the database...
passwd: done
root#

Better yet, man passwd :-)

- Ryan

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