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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!classic.iinet.com.au!news.uoknor.edu!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: mclemore@aol.com (McLemore) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: How does one regain 'root' passwd in BSD? Please help... Date: 7 May 1995 19:50:43 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 7 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <3ojmcj$ajf@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: mclemore@aol.com (McLemore) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com We have a free-bsd box and seem to be locked out of the 'root' account. How do we figure out what the 'root' password is supposed to be or change it without knowing the old password. Do I someone boot it from a floppy then mount the volume or ...?