Root pwd and single user mode question

From: Patrick Wilcox (patwx_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 01/31/04

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    Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 09:33:10 -0800 (PST)
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    I loaded FreeBSD on one of my old PCs a few years ago.
     I wanted to start using it again, but I can't
    remember what the root password was. I'm sure I used
    the default, but I tried hitting enter and using
    "password", "root", "r00t", "sysadmin", "admin" and a
    few others to no avail.

    Can anyone tell me some others to try?

    Alternately, I tried logging into the box in
    single-user mode to change it. However, when I got to
    the boot: prompt and typed -s, it proceeded to do a
    normal boot.

    I'm not exactly sure which verion I have, but the book
    was The complete FreeBSD 3rd edition and the CDs are
    dated June 2000.

    Any tips would be most appreciated,
    Pat Wilcox

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