Thanks guys. I'm downloading an ISO right now. -Mathew
"When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all." - God; Futurama "We'll get along much better once you accept that you're wrong and neither am I." - Me On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 11:48 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I haven't *tested* this, but I'm 99% sure it works: > > 1. Download a copy of the 9.0 install media. > 2. Boot to the 'live CD' option. > 3. Mount the root fs somewhere. > 4. chroot into it. > 5. `passwd` > > It's *possible* but not likely that the live CD will also want a password, > in which case you can choose 'shell' instead of 'live CD'. > > On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 11:21:11AM -0400, Mathew Snyder wrote: > > We have a single FreeBSD server installed by a vendor. They have let it > sit > > idle for who knows how long before coming around for a full > configuration. > > In that time, their default admin account has expired and no one kept > track > > of the root password. Now it needs to be reset. > > > > Unfortunately, they configured single-user mode to require said root > > password. This is quite a hinderance, naturally. I'm not familiar with > the > > BSDs. Can someone point me in the direction of instructions for reseting > a > > password with boot media or something. Everything I've found online so > far > > assumes no password for single-user mode. > > > > -Mathew > > > > "When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at > > all." - God; Futurama > > > > "We'll get along much better once you accept that you're wrong and > neither > > am I." - Me > > > _______________________________________________ > > bblisa mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa > > >
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