Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 19:06:49 +0600 (ESS) From: Ilia Chipitsine <ilia@cgilh.chel.su> To: "Bond, Jeffery" <Jeff.Bond@nectech.co.uk> Cc: "'alan17@wizard.net'" <alan17@wizard.net>, "'FreeBSD questions'" <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: RE: FreeBSD Progress! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907211906170.685-100000@localhost.cgu.chel.su> In-Reply-To: <DD2AB7991BC6D211988E00A024AC583B83EC77@exchange.nectech.co.uk>
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On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, Bond, Jeffery wrote: > Hi again Alan, > > Glad you got it booted! Does it remember the settings next time you boot? > > Anyway, to change the root password, just boot into single user mode. You > can do this by giving a '-s' option at the diskXXX> prompt (I believe, but diskXXX> boot -s > check the help). Then just use the passwd command to change it. You can't > just edit /etc/passwd, although you might get away with editing /etc/master. > passwd and then running 'pwd_mkdb' to update the database (or something like > this). Using the 'passwd' command does it all for you. > > Hope it works! > > Jeff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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