boot single user...
mount -u /
mount -a
Then use vipw or passwd to clear out or change root password. If you
shutdown the system un-cleanly, you may have to do an fsck / as
fragmentation will prevent the filesystem from being mounted
read-write-able.
-john
On Jul 13, 2005, at 5:51 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all,
Is there a way to reset the root passwd without reinstalling FreeBSD
4.7.
Thanks in advance
Aman
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boot into single user mode
mount drives
set password for root.
reboot
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