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Netwrkengeer

Netwrkengeer

IS-IT--Management
Apr 4, 2001
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Where on FreeBSD.org can I find info on retrieving the superuser password.
 
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you type boot kernel -s at boot prompt or installer, remount / read-write and do passwd
 
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Thanks, thats what I thought..

I'm running 4.2, I need to type "boot -s" not "-s" right
 
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