From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 1 08:25:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA05363 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 1 Oct 1998 08:25:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from usin.com (rainier.illuminetss7.com [192.246.48.20] (may be forged)) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA05354 for ; Thu, 1 Oct 1998 08:25:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dbaker@illuminetss7.com) Received: from mailgate.illuminetss7.com ([192.246.48.181]) by usin.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id IAA12475; Thu, 1 Oct 1998 08:24:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ccMail by mailgate.illuminetss7.com (ccMail Link to SMTP R6.01.01) id AA907255634; Thu, 01 Oct 98 08:27:24 -0800 Message-Id: <9810019072.AA907255634@mailgate.illuminetss7.com> X-Mailer: ccMail Link to SMTP R6.01.01 Date: Thu, 01 Oct 98 08:28:36 -0800 From: "Dan Baker" To: , Subject: Re: login as root? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG at the boot:> prompt, type in "-s" as in boot:> -s This will boot into single user mode as root without a login. if your / partition mounts read only you will then need to remount it mount -uw / then use the passwd command to change the root passwd. Dan Baker "It's not enough to be functional and correct. Programs should also be cool." ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: login as root? Author: larry_nilsen at Internet_mail Date: 10/1/98 2:08 AM hi im trying to setup my FREEBSD 2.2.7 its all in my hard drive now im just trying to configure everything. I have a problem with trying to login as root. when i loaded this o/s it asked me if i wanted a user passwd so im not in "root" all the time. so i made a normal login name and passwd.The problem is I tried to use my root passwd a number of times and cant figure out how to access it. unfortunately i didnt put my login name in the wheel group when it probably asked me if i wanted to.ive read the man pages on how to do this. and im just not getting it.I would like to configure my computer to run x windows but when i get through the configuration screens it tells me that i have to be in root to go on then im "stuck" because i have no idea how to access root.then i have to abort the configuration. Which is very frustrating.Im not very goog at putting in comm- ands yet. can you tell me step by step using the keyboard how i can successfully put my login name in the wheel group! if you could show me how to add my user name to the wheel group. And what command i need to use to bring up the file /etc /group I understand its suppose to look like this wheel:*:O:root, But i dont know what keyboard buttons to push to access this file.And also once you show me how to put this file on my screen.And then show me what keyboard buttons i need to push to edit this file.And if this is to much to try and explain.Could you tell me what to get rid of so i automatically will always be root when FREE- BSD boots up.I understand this is risky but all take the chance!..I cant get any- thing done that i want to anyway because i cant figure out how to be root on my system...Very frustrating. Im sorry this is so long . Thankyou To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message