On Thu, 26 Aug 1999 18:05:28 -0400, "Michael G. Schabert" <mikeride@prez.org> wrote:
> 
> You should boot into single-user mode, do a vipw, delete the
> encrypted password & then exit to multi-user mode.

I was going to suggest this.  Just don't forget "mount -u /" before
"vipw", though.  If /usr is on a separate fs from /, "mount /usr" is
also needed.  And probably "export TERM=vt220", too.

Cheers,

Ken