Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 19:23:28 -0800 (PST) From: Snob Art Genre <brosenga@calvin.pitzer.edu> To: "Jeffrey R. McCloskey" <Geoffrey@cyberia.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: system admin password Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.93.961119192251.12626A-100000@calvin.pitzer.edu> In-Reply-To: <199611200232.5661600@cyberia.com>
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On Tue, 19 Nov 1996, Jeffrey R. McCloskey wrote: > Hmmm, looks like I goofed when I installed FreeBSD and forget to specify a > system administrator password...or create any accounts... so now I am locked > out. > > The question is simple...is there a default system administrator account > that is created during installation? Is there anyway to get into the > system, or do I need to reinstall the whole dang thing again? Thanks. > > Jeffrey McCloskey > Jeffrey R. McCloskey (Geoffrey2/willingheart) > Administrative Assistant - Hub Ministries > If you don't specify a password then there should be no password. Log in as root and don't give a password, it should log you in fine AFAIK. Ben
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