From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed May 16 15:16:43 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mailin5.bigpond.com (juicer02.bigpond.com [139.134.6.78]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1F5137B423 for ; Wed, 16 May 2001 15:16:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au) Received: from oracle ([139.134.4.58]) by mailin5.bigpond.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with SMTP id GDG8SG00.181; Thu, 17 May 2001 08:21:52 +1000 Received: from CPE-61-9-142-177.vic.bigpond.net.au ([61.9.142.177]) by mail1.bigpond.com (Claudes-Predictive-MailRouter V2.9c 1/5158989); 17 May 2001 08:16:13 Message-ID: <08ba01c0de55$db75c9d0$0300a8c0@oracle> From: "Doug Young" To: "Brian Lau" , "Matthew Murphy" Cc: References: Subject: Re: Installing Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 08:16:25 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_08B7_01C0DEA9.AA5FFAB0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2462.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2462.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_08B7_01C0DEA9.AA5FFAB0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The experts will not be pleased !!! ..... I can just see someone yelling = "technical questions should be asked in "questions" :) (assuming that = this constitutes a "technical question") boot into single user mode by hitting any key other than enter at the = count down screen then type boot -s. type passwd to change root = password than type exit to boot into normal mode I've noticed a number of messages like this over recent months & = wondered how anyone could get into that situation. It appears that they = have somehow got past the dialog box that pops up during install asking = for root password ... something I would have thought impossible. Since = Matthew has managed to achieve this, maybe he could enlighten me on = exactly how he did it ?? If in fact its possible to just [enter] [enter] past the "you must now = provide the root user password" dialog that would explain I guess its = possible to do that in W2K Pro, but not in any other operating system = that I've ever used. -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Murphy [mailto:fluidlord@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 2:06 PM To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Installing I got freebsd installed, I reboot and it ask me for login, so i put = root, asdk me for password and i leave it blank and it tells me = incorrect login? Can anyone help me? Matthew ------=_NextPart_000_08B7_01C0DEA9.AA5FFAB0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

The experts=20 will not be pleased !!! ..... I can just see someone yelling "technical=20 questions should be asked in "questions" :) (assuming that this=20 constitutes a "technical question")

boot into single user mode by hitting any key other than = enter at=20 the count down screen then type boot -s. =20 type passwd to change root password than type exit to boot into normal=20 mode

I've noticed a number of messages like this = over recent=20 months & wondered how anyone could get into that situation. It = appears=20 that they have somehow got past the dialog box that pops up during = install=20 asking for root password ... something I would have thought=20 impossible. Since Matthew has managed to achieve this, maybe = he could=20 enlighten me on exactly how he did it = ??

If in fact its possible to just [enter] = [enter] past=20 the "you must now provide the root user password" dialog that would = explain I=20 guess its possible to do that in W2K Pro, but not in any other operating = system=20 that I've ever used.

-----Original Message-----

From: Matthew=20 Murphy [mailto:fluidlord@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May = 16,=20 2001 2:06 PM
To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:=20 Installing

I got freebsd installed, I reboot = and it ask me=20 for login, so i put root, asdk me for password and i leave it blank = and it=20 tells me incorrect login?

Can anyone help me?

Matthew

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