Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 22:36:01 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Tom van Oosterom <TVANOOST@dillontech.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Lost Root Password Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970213223439.612G-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <s30346e9.082@dillontech.com>
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On Thu, 13 Feb 1997, Tom van Oosterom wrote: > I took down my freebsd server a few months ago, and now I cannot > remember root password. (Pretty lame, I know). But, I was told that > there is a fix it disk available to boot from to let you, among other > things, change root password. Assuming you did not disable secure on the console, you can type '-s' at the boot: prompt, which will drop you to single user mode. At that point you can use passwd to change root's password. Then type 'exit' and the system will come up to multiuser mode. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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