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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!news.uoregon.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!01-newsfeed.univie.ac.at!uw.edu.pl!news.nask.pl!news.icmp.lviv.ua!litech!news.litech.lviv.ua!host!gate.host.lviv.ua!alex From: alex@gate.host.lviv.ua (Alex Trofimov) Subject: Re: HELP: lost root passwd X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950726BETA PL0] Lines: 27 Organization: Private Site Message-ID: <Ds14oI.BD@gate.host.lviv.ua> References: <slegter.832754504@ruunat.fys.ruu.nl> Date: Sun, 26 May 1996 20:24:18 GMT Tom Slegter (slegter@fys.ruu.nl) wrote: > Hello everybody, > > Yesterday I installed FreeBSD 2.1.0 on a Pentium machine. > > Everyting went well until I was so stupid to use chpass to change my > root password. I typed it unencrypted !! > Consequently I cannot login as root anymore. > > How can I become root again so I can change the password file again. > > Please send answers directly to slegter@fys.ruu.nl > > PS I already made two other accounts which work but have limited access. > > Greetz, > > Tom > You may change it in this way: 1. load kernel with key '-s' 2. mount -u /dev/[your_root_disk_name> / and now change a root password :) regards, -- Alex Trofimov, E-mail: alex@gate.host.lviv.ua [+]------------------------------------------