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I have 2 FreeBSD systems (they are using versions 4.3 and 4.7 of the
FreeBSD Operating System) that I have not used for a long time, and I have
forgotten their passwords. I have information on these systems that I want to
retrieve but I have not been able to log into these Systems. My problem was
put on the internet several years ago and the usual ways of getting into the
systems (basically by being the operator) were suggested and tried,
unsuccressfully. A friend and I discussed my problem and he suggested that I
zero out the root password so that I can get in as rooy (to set a new password
and then continue operating as root).
Does the FreeBSD community have a program (either on a floppy or a CD
ROM, preferably the latter) that can do this? If not, I suggest that you write
one that would work with all the (formats of) password files that have ever
been used. If it can determine the format of password files just by examining
them, that would be fine. If it can't, then it should ask the user in which
version of the FreeBSD Operating System the password file was used, try to
verify it by the structure of the password file and if it is verified make a
copy of the password file (in case something goes wrong, so that the system can
be restored to its original condition and so undo anything that this program
has done), and zero out the root password. After this is done, one could log
in as root to set the root password and afterwards (as root) set other user
passwords.
Operating Systems that have ever been run.
You could set it up to look
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