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Date:      Fri, 3 Jan 1997 17:45:40 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Qosler <qosler@ccmail.llu.edu>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: first time installation of freeBSD
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.95.970103174409.11231C-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <32CC582A.2DAA@ccmail.llu.edu>

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This belongs in questions@freebsd.org, not doc.

On Thu, 2 Jan 1997, Qosler wrote:

> I have installed freeBSD and need the starting password. I was never
> asked to enter a password.

The default user is username 'root', no password.

Use 'adduser' to make an account for yourself and use that instead of
root.  use the 'su' command to get root priviledges when you need it.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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