Reset the root password and Changing the hostname (FreeBSD)

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RESET THE ROOT PASSWORD:

At startup, we select the "Boot Single User" option from the boot screen by pressing 2 and boot the system.

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Then we reset the root password by following the steps below:

fsck -y

mount -u /

mount -a -t ufs

passwd root

reboot

CHANGING THE HOSTNAME

$ hostname
oldhostname

Replace all occurrences of the old host name with the new host name by typing the codes below:

 /etc/rc.conf

 /etc/hosts

Then complete the process with the 'Reboot' command.

$ hostname
newhostname