[BBLISA] Reset root password on FreeBSD

[Mathew Snyder]

Thanks guys. I'm downloading an ISO right now.

-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



On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 11:48 AM, <kurin at delete.org> wrote:

> I haven't *tested* this, but I'm 99% sure it works:
>
> 1. Download a copy of the 9.0 install media.
> 2. Boot to the 'live CD' option.
> 3. Mount the root fs somewhere.
> 4. chroot into it.
> 5. `passwd`
>
> It's *possible* but not likely that the live CD will also want a password,
> in which case you can choose 'shell' instead of 'live CD'.
>
> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 11:21:11AM -0400, Mathew Snyder wrote:
> > 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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