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Subject: Re: login for the first time
In-Reply-To: <32F386A4.41C67EA6@best.com> from Burton Sampley at "Feb 1, 97 10:08:36 am"
To: bsampley@best.com (Burton Sampley)
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 1997 10:42:55 +0100 (MET)
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Burton Sampley writes:
> grog@lemis.de wrote:
>>
>>  Zsolt Szabadi writes:
>>>  Dear tech help,
>>>
>>
>>>  I just installed FreeBSD ver. 2.1.5 on my computer for the first
>>>  time.  I am having a problem login on to the system .  When the
>>>  login prompt appears, I type 'root'.  Then another prompt appears
>>>  saying that I should sign in not as a 'root' but as 'my name' and
>>>  that I should use the 'su' command.  I am not sure what do from here
>>>  on.  Please help me.  Also, please be aware that I am new to UNIX so
>>>  please give my step be step instructions.
>>
>>  This previous paragraph was a single line, 442 characters long.  I've
>>  modified it for legibility.
>>
>>  I would suggest you do what the message suggests: log on as yourself,
>>  and use su when you want to become root.  If you don't have your own
>>  login ID, look at the man page for adduser (and adding_user), and add
>>  a user ID for yourself.  If you don't know how to use su, look at the
>>  man page for su.
>>
>>  Greg
>
> Don't forget to add your new user to the wheel group.  This is required
> to su to root.

Yes, thanks for reminding me.

Greg