Date: Mon, 09 Jun 1997 13:49:33 -0700 From: "P. van Leeuwen" <pvl@nanoteq.com> To: Sinuralan <sin@cowz.lumiere-cc.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: no root login? Message-ID: <339C6C5D.338E@nanoteq.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970607120559.9782A-100000@cowz.lumiere-cc.com>
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Sinuralan wrote: > > I just installed FreeBSD from scratch, and I'm having a problem logging in > as root. When I try, I see in the logs (which are shown on console) > "login_getclass: unknown class 'root'". I have been able to create another > account by booting into single user mode, but I can never get into root > from multiuser mode (same error if I make a new account with uid and gid > 0). > > If anyone could help me fix this up so I can login as root, I'd appreciate > it. BTW, please cc a copy of any replies to me, so I can get responses > quickly. Thanks in advance. > This has been discussed to death on this list. It helps to check the archives. :) You need the file /etc/login.conf. You can find it in /usr/src/etc. It is a very useful file for setting up user resources, so play with it for a bit. pierre
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