[BBLISA] Reset root password on FreeBSD

[Mathew Snyder]

We have a single FreeBSD server installed by a vendor. They have let it sit
idle for who knows how long before coming around for a full configuration.
In that time, their default admin account has expired and no one kept track
of the root password. Now it needs to be reset.

Unfortunately, they configured single-user mode to require said root
password. This is quite a hinderance, naturally. I'm not familiar with the
BSDs. Can someone point me in the direction of instructions for reseting a
password with boot media or something. Everything I've found online so far
assumes no password for single-user mode.

-Mathew

"When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at
all." - God; Futurama

"We'll get along much better once you accept that you're wrong and neither
am I." - Me
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