Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 16:23:17 -0600 From: Peter <fbsdq@yahoo.com> To: dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au, "" <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Installing Message-ID: <SAK.2001.05.16.sjrasnfd@support10>
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I think it asks you for a password when root first logs in -- at least that is how I remember it when doing 4.2-R install. On 05/16/2001 4:16:25 PM, "Doug Young" is quoted as saying: . . . .|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 . . . .| . . . .|<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> . . . .|<HTML><HEAD> . . . .|<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> . . . .|<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2462.0" name=GENERATOR> . . . .|<STYLE></STYLE> . . . .|</HEAD> . . . .|<BODY bgColor=#ffffff> . . . .|<DIV><SPAN class=305591221-16052001><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>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")</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> . . . .|<DIV><SPAN class=305591221-16052001><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT . . . .|size=2></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> . . . .|<DIV><SPAN class=305591221-16052001><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT . . . .|size=2>boot into single user mode by hitting any key other than enter at . . . .|the count down screen then type boot -s.<SPAN class=352421621-16052001> . . . .|type passwd to change root password than type exit to boot into normal . . . .|mode</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> . . . .|<DIV><SPAN class=305591221-16052001><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT . . . .|size=2><SPAN . . . .|class=352421621-16052001></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> . . . .|<DIV><SPAN class=305591221-16052001><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN . . . .|class=352421621-16052001>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 ??</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> . . . .|<DIV><SPAN class=305591221-16052001><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN . . . .|class=352421621-16052001></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> . . . .|<DIV><SPAN class=305591221-16052001><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN . . . .|class=352421621-16052001>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.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV> . . . .|<DIV><SPAN class=305591221-16052001><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN . . . .|class=352421621-16052001></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> . . . .|<BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr . . . .|style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> . . . .| <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> . . . .| <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma . . . .| size=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT></DIV><FONT face=Tahoma . . . .| size=2></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> . . . .| <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2> . . . .| <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><BR><B>From:</B> Matthew . . . .| Murphy [mailto:fluidlord@hotmail.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 16, . . . .| 2001 2:06 PM<BR><B>To:</B> <A . . . .| href="mailto:freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG">freebsd- newbies@FreeBSD.ORG</A><BR><B>Subject:</B> . . . .| Installing<BR><BR></DIV></FONT> . . . .| <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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?</FONT></DIV> . . . .| <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> . . . .| <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Can anyone help me?</FONT></DIV> . . . .| <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> . . . .| <DIV><FONT face=Arial . . . .|size=2>Matthew</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> . . . .| www.nul.cjb.net www.FreeBSD.org _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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