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Random man page:  passwd(1) -- Changes password file information
The passwd command changes the password associated with your username (by default) or the specified username. A password must have at least six characters and can be up to eight characters. If you ent...
FreeBSD Tip Of the Day View all tips
If you have a CD-ROM drive in your machine, you can make the CD-ROM that is
presently inserted available by typing 'mount /cdrom' as root.   The CD-ROM
will be available under /cdrom/.  Remember to do 'umount /cdrom' before
removing the CD-ROM (it will usually not be possible to remove the CD-ROM
without doing this.)

Note: This tip may not work in all configurations.
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