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reset root password

If you forgot your root password, you can simply reset it. The general procedure for resetting password is as follows (if you are a Linux user, see how to reset Linux root password):
a) At boot> prompt force openbsd to boot into a single user mode
b) Next mount file system in read-write mode
c) Run passwd command
d) [...]

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With FreeBSD 5.4 and above the booting procedure is slightly changed. Under ilder version of FreeBSD use boot -s option at Ok prompt.
However, with version FreeBSD 5.4+ you don’t have to type any command. Here is the procedure to boot FreeBSD into a single user mode to reset root password.
In this tip I will [...]

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