Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 17:12:32 -0800 (PST) From: Tyler McGeorge <millioncheese@yahoo.com> To: Doug Young <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au>, JSMolinaro <JSMolinaro@hotmail.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: login Message-ID: <20010315011232.20589.qmail@web12506.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <003001c0ace9$d782b9c0$817e03cb@apana.org.au>
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Chances are, if he has never logged in, then it would be safe to reinstall without losing any valuable data. Tyler --- Doug Young <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au> wrote: > During the install you would have been asked to give > a "root" password. > Login as "root" & give that password. You can then > create additional > user accounts by running "adduser" > > If you have forgotten the password the "easiest" > solution is a reinstall > (taking > care not to lose the root password again). There is > a "back door" solution > but sounds like it might be too complicated to > explain. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "JSMolinaro" <JSMolinaro@hotmail.com> > To: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 10:36 AM > Subject: login > > > > I am having a problem logging in. I have just > installed bsd and the > prompt > > asks for a login and password. I system will not > let me make one up, is > > there something I should be familiar with here b/c > I do not have the > correct > > login. > > > > Thank you > > > > Justin > > > > 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 > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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