From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 11 20:09:12 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6214A16A4BF for ; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 20:09:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lakemtao05.cox.net (lakemtao05.cox.net [68.1.17.116]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5861443F75 for ; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 20:09:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from micheal@cancercare.net) Received: from dredster ([68.12.67.176]) by lakemtao05.cox.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.05 201-253-122-130-105-20030824) with SMTP id <20030912030911.YERS10592.lakemtao05.cox.net@dredster>; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 23:09:11 -0400 Message-ID: <025b01c378db$63478bb0$0201a8c0@dredster> From: "Micheal Patterson" To: "John Mascardo" , References: <20030912025036.23425.qmail@web14606.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 22:10:13 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Subject: Re: freeBSD 4.8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 03:09:12 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Mascardo" To: Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 9:50 PM Subject: freeBSD 4.8 > I am a very-very new LINUX/UNIX user. After being convinced by friends that it is far better and stablethan windows architechture. So I bought the LINUX Format magazine because it offered a full OS called FREEBSD 4.8 > I tried to install it and after a few a attempts I managed to install it atlast but when it started up it asked for a login and password. > I must have missed something along the way because for the life of me I had no clue what was happening on install. I searched the mag and the disc and unfortunately I can't find any login or password detail. I tried typing different stuff but to know avail... > > PLEASE tell me what I'm doing wrong and what I should do... > > CLUELESS JOHN First, welcome to a whole new world. :) When you were installing the OS, at one point, it asked you for an administrative or Super User password. This password will be the root account password. So, the login will be root with the password that you provided. Keep in mind, that you can only use this account from the system keyboard. -- Micheal Patterson Network Administration Cancer Care Network 405-917-0600