netbsd-help: Re: forgot root password?

Subject: Re: forgot root password?
To: Brett Lymn <blymn@baesystems.com.au>
From: Andrew Brown <atatat@atatdot.net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 05/23/2000 15:42:00

>Once the system is up in single user do this:
>
>fsck -y /
>mount -u /
>
>to check the fs and then mount the / file system r/w. Depending on
>your file system layout you may need to mount more file systems to get
>vi (if you need it).
based on
 % where ed ex vi view pico xedit joe emacs
 /bin/ed
 /usr/bin/ex
 /usr/bin/vi
 /usr/bin/view
 /usr/local/bin/pico
 /usr/X11R6/bin/xedit
 /usr/pkg/bin/joe
 /usr/local/bin/emacs
i'd say you'll at least need /usr, and if you use vi, you'll probably
also want /var. oh, and don't forget to set your term type. :)
 ex/vi: Error: unknown: No such file or directory
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