Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 10:58:49 -0700 From: Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu> To: Joe Konecny <jkonecn@green-mfg.com> Cc: FreeBSD List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: confused about users Message-ID: <20000705105849.A35588@wopr.caltech.edu> In-Reply-To: <396366F1.C2617B75@green-mfg.com>; from jkonecn@green-mfg.com on Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 12:48:49PM -0400 References: <396366F1.C2617B75@green-mfg.com>
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On Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 12:48:49PM -0400, Joe Konecny wrote: > While ReadingTFM about INN I noticed that it recommended that > I log in as "news" to configure inn. It appears that the > installation set up a user "news" but I don't know what > the password is. How do I log in as "news"? (fbsd v4) It probably doesn't have a password. Become root, and then use "passwd news" to give it one, or become root and login without specifying a password: $ su Password: # login -f news (the "-f" flag to login indicates that login should not ask for a password.) -- Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu> * Stay close to the Vorlon. http://www.pobox.com/~mph/ * To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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