From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 17 17:09:18 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA01074 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 17:09:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA01069 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 17:09:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id RAA11227; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 17:09:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 17:09:02 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Jonathan Parr cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ok, im an idiot In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19971117190431.007b9350@mail.gte.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 17 Nov 1997, Jonathan Parr wrote: > i just installed 2.2.5, and cant get past the login > i changed the system password during setup but it wont work, first question > here is - what is the login id? root If you get changed the root password and promptly forgot it, put -s on the Boot: prompt, press for the shell, and execute the following commands: mount -u / mount -a passwd root adduser # add an account for yourself and invite yourself into # group wheel. To get admin access use `su'. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major