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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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