root password forgotten

Thomas Spreng spreng at socket.ch
Mon Apr 21 11:46:47 PDT 2003


Hi,
On Mon, Apr 21, 2003 at 09:41:42PM +0300, Petre Bandac wrote:
> I have installed a freebsd machine 2 months ago and somehow I forgot the root 
> password
> 
> is there something resembling to the good old linux init=/bin.sh command ?
 
sorry i don't know that one, but...

just boot into single user mode ('boot -s' at the boot menu) and then change the root
pwd.

cheers


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