[newbie] root password forgotten

[R. McFarlane]

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At 06:38 PM 11/1/2002, Stephen wrote :

>ok here's the deal, i forgot the root password on my openbsd box, whoops,
>and tried to log in several time w the wrong password, problem is i'm sure
>of what it was now but it won't let me login.  Will the pass be changed
>after a certain amount of attemps to root? or am i on crack an relly just
>don't remeber, i'd rather not have to reformat.. any ideas?

Hi there,

Are you able to log in as a normal user? If so, try changing the init level 
to single user mode. Alternatively, can you boot your system from a rescue 
floppy or cdrom? If so, you can reset your root password from there. Here 
is an URL for Google search results on "openbsd reset root password" :

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=openbsd+reset+root+password


Sincerely,

R. McFarlane

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