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Date:      Mon, 17 Nov 1997 17:09:02 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Jonathan Parr <jmparr@gte.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ok, im an idiot
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971117170732.11225A-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19971117190431.007b9350@mail.gte.net>

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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 <ENTER> 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





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