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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!classic.iinet.com.au!news.uoknor.edu!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!gatech!news.sprintlink.net!caprica.com!news From: mclemore@caprica.com (McLemore) Subject: Re: How do one regain 'root' passwd? References: <3ojm1n$ago@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Sender: news@caprica.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Organization: Caprica Internet Services (213) 526-1195 Modem, (213) 266-0822 Voice Date: Tue, 16 May 1995 07:19:50 GMT X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.93.11 Message-ID: <D8ntp2.83s@caprica.com> Lines: 14 Thanks for the help... Much to my surprise I got nearly 30 responses via e-mail to this question, and regained control of the system. I once had a problem w/ Linux and didn't get anyway near this much assistance. BSD really is a friendly world. In article <3ojm1n$ago@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, mclemore@aol.com says... > >We have a free-bsd box that someone else installed and then they forgot >the password for the 'root' account. >