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#! rnews 1008 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!phase2.worldnet.att.net!newsadm From: "Shane Pilon" <spilon@worldnet.att.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,mailing.freebsd.hackers,mailing.freebsd.questions Subject: HELP!!! -- Forgot Root Password... Any way to recover? Date: 2 Dec 1996 16:56:25 GMT Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services Lines: 12 Message-ID: <01bbe071$12cef560$53c092cf@ashen> NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.146.192.83 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1155 We are running a 2.1.0 Release installation of FreeBSD and the usual admin has forgotten the root password. Is there a way for us to recover or change the root password without a complete rebuild? This is urgent! I do have physical access to the PC, and can reboot it if necessary. I thank you for any assistance... please respond via email so I can get this thing up. Shane Pilon spilon@worldnet.att.net