Resetting Password FreeBSD 5.3

[Kevin Kinsey]

someone wrote:
> 
>> How do I reset my password on my server running
>> FreeBSD 5.3.  I'm not a UNIX guy and desperately need
>> to get access to some data on my server, which has
>> been sitting, in the closet for 2 years!!
>> Please help :(   Thank you.


<pedantic> Sitting in the closet *running* we presume?  5.3
isn't quite 2 years old yet!!

Kevin Kinsey

PS > As Grant mentions, "single user mode" is your friend, available 
from the 3rd stage boot menu....

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