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Forget / forgot / cannot remember root password

On a FreeBSD server

1. reboot server
2. choose to boot into single user mode
3. mount -o rw <root partition> e.g. mount -o rw /
4. passwd <root account> e.g. passwd root
5. mount -o ro <root partition> e.g. mount -o ro /
6. reboot server again

Voila !!!

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One Response to “Forget / forgot / cannot remember root password”

  1. spoonfork Says:
    April 8th, 2008 at 11:42 am

    basket. next time post early la. normally if i forgot password i just reformat and reinstall…. only now u post this tip. kanineh

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