How to restore a lost root password...

[Rada alive]

On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 5:08 AM, FBSD1 <fbsd1 at a1poweruser.com> wrote:

> Go to www.a1poweruser.com and read section 13.7 Forgot Root password
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of DSA - JCR
> Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:56 PM
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> Subject: How to restore a lost root password...
>
> Hi all
>
> I have lost the neuron where I stored the root password of an installation
> ;D
>
> I have seen a "How to" about this but I have a problem, i set the console
> to insecure, so when I try to do the step of the "how to" i get a message
> to input the root password or Ctrl-D to enter in multiuser mode.
>
> Is there a way to restore/modify it, or not?
>
> Some ideas?
>
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Juan Coruña
> Desarrollo de Software Atlantico
>
>
>
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What happened to just booting into single-user mode and issuing passwd?