How to use FreeBSD Questions

By Jonathan on February 10, 2004 2:59 PM | 2 Comments | No TrackBacks
Greg 'Groggy' Lehey's excellent FAQ for the FreeBSD Questions list. He's the author of the excellent FreeBSD Handbook book.
How to get best results from FreeBSD-questions

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Tun Win | July 3, 2009 12:06 AM | Reply

may i ask
how could i reset freebsd root password

if single user mode is password protected.

thanks!

Jonathan Arnold | July 4, 2009 9:43 AM | Reply

You'll probably need to boot it with a FreeBSD rescue disc or a Linux disc, mount the root partition read/write, and edit the /etc/passwd file to clear the password entry in it.

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