How can I recover the password for root in FreeBSD 4.4

[Sunil Sunder Raj]

Hi,

CHANGE ROOT PASSWORD
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STEPS
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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: "Simon-Pierre Butsana" <shellfic1 at cs-net.cd>
>Reply-To: Simon-Pierre Butsana <shellfic1 at cs-net.cd>
>To: <freebsd-questions at FreeBSD.ORG>
>Subject: How can I recover the password for root in FreeBSD 4.4
>Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 09:54:20 +0100
>
>Hi,
>
>I changed yesterday the password for root on my server because I found it 
>too simple. Unfortunately I didn't write it and now I just can't remind it. 
>I still have access to an account belonging to the wheel group. Is there 
>any means to recover or to set a new password for root?
>I would appreciate any help on this.
>many thanks,
>
>Simon
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