Andrew Lewis wrote:
Hi list,
We have a client running a fBSD 5.2.1 box that needed its root password hacked.
I couldn't boot into single user mode w/o the root password, so I
installed fBSD 5.3 on another machine, and slaved the drive from the
5.2.1 box in mine.
What?
Step 1: Boot the computer. Step 2: At the FreeBSD boot menu select "Escape to loader prompt" Step 3: Type in "boot -s" and hit enter. Step 4: Hit enter when it asks you what shell you want to use. Step 5: Type in "cat /etc/fstab" and hit enter. Step 6: Mount / and /usr, "mount /dev/foobar /", "mount /dev/foobar /usr". Step 7: Type in "passwd" and hit enter. Step 8: Type in new password and hit enter. Step 9: Retype in new password and hit enter. Step 10: type in "reboot" and hit enter.
I just try'ed it with FreeBSD 4.10 and 5.3 and it worked for both of them.
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