Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 10:18:45 +0200 (MET DST) From: Wolfgang Helbig <helbig@MX.BA-Stuttgart.De> To: FKasumov@education.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Question... Message-ID: <199705200818.KAA04398@helbig.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de> In-Reply-To: <0003574D.1320@education.com> from "FKasumov@education.com" at "May 19, 97 03:38:22 pm"
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> Hi!
> I have installed FreeBSD 2.2.1 on my machine, but for some reasons
> when I turn it on and try to run it, it asks me for a Login: and
> Password:, though I haven't specified them. Is there a way to go
> around it or do I have to reinstall the whole thing again?
You have to boot into single user mode and change your root password. i. e.
o reboot (by entering ALT-CTRL-DEL)
o enter -s at the boot: prompt
This will start a shell for you to work with w/o asking for a password
o Now you have to mount your /usr filesystem:
# mount /dev/wd0f /usr
^^^^^^^^^ Your spezial file might be different from this one.
To find out do a
# cat /etc/fstab
o Change your password with
# passwd root
o Leave the shell to enter multi user mode
# exit
Hope this helps,
Wolfgang
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