I forgot the password to FreeBSD 9.x

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Reboot into single user mode, 5 on the loader menu.

It will drop you into a root shell. Then remount root as read write mount -ruw /, then remount all filesystems mount -a and type passwd, it will then prompt you for a new one.

This is probably available in the handbook though, so in the future you should look there first.
 
I'm assuming here you mean the root password.
  • Boot into single user mode.
  • When you see the prompt "When prompted Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh:", press RETURN
  • Enter the following commands:

Code: 
# mount -u / 
# mount -a
# passwd
(enter the new root password here when prompted)
# exit

Your system will reboot into multi-user mode after the exit command.
 
zspider said:
Reboot into single user mode, 5 on the loader menu.

It will drop you into a root shell. Then remount root as read write mount -ruw /, then remount all filesystems mount -a and type passwd, it will then prompt you for a new one.

This is probably available in the handbook though, so in the future you should look there first.
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I could not. :S

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It was ok :)

Code: 
fsck -y
mount -ruw /
mount -a
passwd root
 
YolsuzTR said:
Was ok :)

Code: 
fsck -y
mount -ruw /
mount -a
passwd root
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The addition of root in the passwd command is redundant. It assumes the username is the one of the account presently logged in, unless otherwise specified.:)
 
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