How to Reset a Forgotten Root Password

[Sunil Sunder Raj]

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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