Date: Sat, 1 Feb 1997 12:21:21 +0100 (MET) From: grog@lemis.de To: zsolts@cats.ucsc.edu (Zsolt Szabadi) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD Questions) Subject: Re: login for the first time Message-ID: <199702011121.MAA08273@freebie.lemis.de> In-Reply-To: <01BBEE13.8DC974C0@tsa-02.UCSC.EDU> from Zsolt Szabadi at "Dec 20, 96 01:12:29 am"
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Zsolt Szabadi writes: > Dear tech help, > > I just installed FreeBSD ver. 2.1.5 on my computer for the first > time. I am having a problem login on to the system . When the > login prompt appears, I type 'root'. Then another prompt appears > saying that I should sign in not as a 'root' but as 'my name' and > that I should use the 'su' command. I am not sure what do from here > on. Please help me. Also, please be aware that I am new to UNIX so > please give my step be step instructions. This previous paragraph was a single line, 442 characters long. I've modified it for legibility. I would suggest you do what the message suggests: log on as yourself, and use su when you want to become root. If you don't have your own login ID, look at the man page for adduser (and adding_user), and add a user ID for yourself. If you don't know how to use su, look at the man page for su. Greg
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