[BBLISA] Reset root password on FreeBSD

[Mathew Snyder]

Getting closer, thanks. I've mounted the slice with mount -o rw /dev/da0s1a
/mnt. However, when I chroot into  /mnt passwd isn't found and editing the
/etc/master.passwd file still gives a read-only error.

-Mathew

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all." - God; Futurama

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On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 3:11 PM, <kurin at delete.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 02:50:23PM -0400, Mathew Snyder wrote:
> > I've booted to installation media and selected the single-user mode. I've
> > got the shell but when I attempt to follow the steps I've found on
> various
> > sites it doesn't work. Generally, they all follow the same procedure:
> >
> > mount -a (or mount -u /)
> > passwd
>
> This only works if the entries are in fstab, which obviously they won't
> be if you're booting from a CD.
>
> Mount them manually (e.g. `mount /dev/da0s1a /mnt`) and then chroot into
> /mnt to run `passwd`.
>
>
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