Reset the Root Password on OpenBSD
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Introduction
If you are locked out of your OpenBSD instance and have lost access to the root account, you need to boot into single-user mode and reset the root password. These steps apply to OpenBSD 6.6 & 6.7.
How to Reset the Root Password on OpenBSD
The "Send CtrlAltDel" button in the web console does not work for OpenBSD. You must perform steps 1 and 2 quickly before the boot proceeds.
Click the Server Restart icon in the Vultr customer portal.
Open the web console.
See the Web Console FAQ for more information.
The second stage boot loader pauses for a few seconds to give you a chance to provide parameters to the kernel.
Pass the-sflag toboot:>> OpenBSD/amd64 BOOT 3.47 boot> boot -sIf you miss the prompt, you need to restart the server from the control panel and try again.
Enter the pathname of your shell or press ENTER for sh.
Mount the root filesystem read-write.
# fsck -p / && mount -uw /Change the root password.
# passwdType CTRLD to restart the server in multiuser mode.
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