From owner-freebsd-questions Sun May 2 23:41: 8 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail1.javanet.com (mail1.javanet.com [205.219.162.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F28414C9E for ; Sun, 2 May 1999 23:41:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from media@mail1.nai.net) Received: from [209.150.39.65] (ct-hartford-hiper1316.javanet.com [209.150.39.65]) by mail1.javanet.com (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id CAA11369 for ; Mon, 3 May 1999 02:41:04 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 02:41:04 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: media@mail1.nai.net Subject: logging on as root (was: getting warning on start-up/can't find files) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 3:53 PM +1200 5/3/99, Jonathan Chen wrote: > >> changing root device to wd0s2a >> WARNING: / was not properly dismounted > >You didn't shut your machine down properly. Next time, instead of >switching it off, log in as root as use: > > shutdown -h now > THANX!! How do I log on as root if I'm already logged on?? The only way I seem to be able to do that is if I hit the "PrintScrn/SysRq" key. Is that the proper way, or is there a command in UNIX?? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message