From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 19 19:04:29 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id TAA28424 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 19:04:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from wedge.its.utas.edu.au (cp_nairn@wedge.its.utas.edu.au [131.217.10.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA28415 for ; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 19:04:20 -0800 (PST) Received: (from cp_nairn@localhost) by wedge.its.utas.edu.au (8.8.3/8.6.6) id OAA06162; Wed, 20 Nov 1996 14:03:49 +1100 (EST) Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 14:03:48 +1100 (EST) From: Carey Nairn X-Sender: cp_nairn@wedge.its.utas.edu.au Reply-To: Carey.Nairn@its.utas.edu.au To: "Jeffrey R. McCloskey" cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: system admin password In-Reply-To: <199611200232.5661600@cyberia.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 ========================================================================= | Carey Nairn | email : Carey.Nairn@its.utas.edu.au | | Infrastructure Services | phone : (03) 6226 7419 | | Information Technology Services | fax : (03) 6226 7898 | | University of Tasmania. | int'l : (+61 3) | =========================================================================