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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.infi.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!csugrad.cs.vt.edu!csugrad.cs.vt.edu!not-for-mail From: jagnew@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (H. Jared Agnew) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,mailing.freebsd.hackers,mailing.freebsd.questions Subject: Re: HELP!!! -- Forgot Root Password... Any way to recover? Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,mailing.freebsd.hackers,mailing.freebsd.questions Date: 2 Dec 1996 15:00:51 -0500 Organization: Virginia Tech Computer Science Dept, Blacksburg, VA Lines: 22 Message-ID: <57vchj$eu2@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> References: <01bbe071$12cef560$53c092cf@ashen> NNTP-Posting-Host: csugrad.cs.vt.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] If your admin has not changed the boot time to 0 you should be able to -s the boot. This will give you root access and then you can change the root passwd. Good luck. --- Jared --jared@vt.edu Shane Pilon (spilon@worldnet.att.net) wrote: : We are running a 2.1.0 Release installation of FreeBSD and the usual admin : has forgotten the root password. Is there a way for us to recover or : change the root password without a complete rebuild? : This is urgent! I do have physical access to the PC, and can reboot it if : necessary. : I thank you for any assistance... please respond via email so I can get : this thing up. : Shane Pilon : spilon@worldnet.att.net