On Sun, Dec 12, 2021 at 7:33 PM Frank Hwa wrote:
>
> Can you help me with the case I lost my root password for the dedicated
> server which has freebsd installed?
>
> Thanks in advance.
Easy, you just need console access. First reboot it. At the loader
prompt, select "Boot single user". Then after the kernel loads you'll
find yourself automatically at a root prompt, without needing to
login. Change your password using passwd, then exit the shell to
continue normal boot. You may need to remount your / filesystem rw in
order to change the password. That can be done with "mount -u -w /"
-Alan
