How to Reset a Forgotten Root Password

[Jamie]

   Hmmm...maybe I am wrong but I thought you had to remount the '/'
partition in rw mode also:

mount -urw /


   - Jamie





On Thu, 17 Apr 2003, Sunil Sunder Raj wrote:

>
> STEPS
> =====
> As the os(FREEBSD) is starting it will display the following message:
>
> Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt.
>
> Booting [kernel ] in 10 seconds...
>
> You should now ress the space bar, and you will see the following message:
>
> Type '?' for a list of commands, or 'help' for more detailed help.
>
> ok
>
> now type boot -s and press the enter key to start FreeBSD in single user
> mode. After the system boots, you should see the statement:
>
> Enter fill pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh:
>
> Press the enter key and you will have a # prompt.
>
>
> [Mount  the filesystems]
>
> At the command prompt. issue the mount command. This command will mount
> all the filesystems listed in your /etc/fstab file.
>
> # mount -t ufs -a
>
>
> [Change the root password]
>
> Issue the passwd command and you will be prompted to enter a new password
> for the root account.
>
> #passwd
>
> New password:
> passwd: updating the database...
> passwd: done
>
> [Change the manage password]
>
> #passwd manage
>
>
> #exit
> There is no need to reboot the operating system to go to multi-user
> mode. The exit command will cause the system to return to multi-user miode
> without a reboot.
>
> REGARDS
> SSR
>
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: Hilmi Hilmiev <hilmi at wizzbit.nl>
> >To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> >Subject: How to Reset a Forgotten Root Password
> >Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 13:20:03 +0200
> >
> >I have  FreeBSD box with  forgotten root password. How can I reset this
> >password?
> >
> >
> >
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