From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed May 16 15:19:52 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from smtp018.mail.yahoo.com (smtp018.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.174.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3854337B422 for ; Wed, 16 May 2001 15:19:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fbsdq@yahoo.com) Received: from h2.impactidealsolutions.com (HELO support10) (216.98.200.91) by smtp.mail.vip.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 16 May 2001 22:19:44 -0000 X-Apparently-From: Message-Id: Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 16:23:17 -0600 X-Priority: 3 From: Peter X-Mailer: Mail Warrior To: dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au, "" MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: Installing Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Mailer-Version: v3.57 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 . . . .| . . . .| . . . .| . . . .| . . . .| . . . .| . . . .| . . . .| . . . .|

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")

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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

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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 ??

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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.

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

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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?
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Can anyone help me?
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Matthew

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