How to Reset a Forgotten Root Password

[Konrad Heuer]

On Tue, 15 Apr 2003, Hilmi Hilmiev wrote:

> I have  FreeBSD box with  forgotten root password. How can I reset this
> password?

Reboot your system (e.g., by pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del). Interrupt the boot
countdown by pressing the space bar and enter
  boot -s
to boot into single-user mode. Mount your file systems by
  mount -a -t ufs
and set a new password:
  passwd root

Regards

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