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Date:      Wed, 20 Nov 1996 14:03:48 +1100 (EST)
From:      Carey Nairn <cp_nairn@cc.utas.edu.au>
To:        "Jeffrey R. McCloskey" <Geoffrey@cyberia.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: system admin password
Message-ID:  <Pine.SOL.3.91.961120140031.4595P-100000@wedge.its.utas.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <199611200232.5661600@cyberia.com>

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On Tue, 19 Nov 1996, Jeffrey R. McCloskey wrote:

> Hmmm, looks like I goofed when I installed FreeBSD and forget to specify a
> system administrator password...or create any accounts... so now I am locked
> out.
> 
> The question is simple...is there a default system administrator account
> that is created during installation?  Is there anyway to get into the
> system, or do I need to reinstall the whole dang thing again?  Thanks.
> 
> Jeffrey McCloskey
> Jeffrey R. McCloskey (Geoffrey2/willingheart)
> Administrative Assistant - Hub Ministries
> 
>

If you didn't set any password then you should be able to just login as 
root with no password. 

Cheers,
Carey

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