From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 12 00:23:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA17783 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 12 Oct 1998 00:23:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phrantic.phear.net (phrantic.phear.net [206.58.96.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA17777 for ; Mon, 12 Oct 1998 00:23:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jim@phrantic.phear.net) Received: from slwag1p30.ozemail.com.au (jim@slwag1p30.ozemail.com.au [203.108.157.46]) by phrantic.phear.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1a) with ESMTP id AAA11205; Mon, 12 Oct 1998 00:20:25 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 17:24:10 +1000 (EST) From: Jim Mock To: Michael Edwards cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: root password In-Reply-To: <000101bdf5ae$3a6d5400$3d0a12ac@medwards.feco.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 12 Oct 1998, Michael Edwards wrote: > I just got through installing FreeBSD and I was told to reboot. I get a > login prompt, where do I go from here. I know Unix, but I can't figure out > how to setup user accounts. Is there a default password for root, or was I > supposed to setup the root user before I rebooted. Any comments will help! > When you get to the prompt, log in as root without a password, then use passwd to set a password and use adduser to create user accounts. You can set a root password after the install and add users, but it doesn't really make much difference.. unless you set the root password and forget it :) HTH, Jim |=> Jim Mock [jim@thunder.st0rm.com] [jim@phrantic.phear.net] <=| |=> st0rm Internet Services | A franchise of Triax, Inc. <=| |=> web: http://www.st0rm.com/ | web: http://www.phear.net/ <=| |=> Website Design & Hosting | Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia <=| |=> FreeBSD: The Power to Serve | http://www.freebsd.org/ <=| To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message