Openbsd Root Password Recovery

2021-01-05 (Last Modified: 2022-06-03)

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if you ever have to recover your root password …

boot> boot -s

Enter pathname of shell or RETURN for sh: [ENTER]

fsck -p /
fsck -p /usr

mount -uw /
mount /usr

passwd

and finally: reboot

need to run fsck ?

fsck /dev/sd1a
fsck -y /dev/sd1a

need do fix your fstab ?

boot -s
mount /usr
mount /
export TERM=vt100
/usr/bin/vi /etc/fstab
fix it !

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