How to reset root passwd FreeBSdD4.7

[John Von Essen]

boot single user...

mount -u /
mount -a

Then use vipw or passwd to clear out or change root password. If you 
shutdown the system un-cleanly, you may have to do an fsck / as 
fragmentation will prevent the filesystem from being mounted 
read-write-able.

-john

On Jul 13, 2005, at 5:51 PM, estover at nativenerds.com wrote:

>> Hi all,
>>
>> Is there a way to reset the root passwd without reinstalling FreeBSD 
>> 4.7.
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> Aman
>>
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> boot into single user mode
> mount drives
> set password for root.
> reboot
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