From owner-freebsd-doc Sun Nov 26 20:56:59 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from envy.geekhouse.net (envy.geekhouse.net [64.81.6.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D190937B479 for ; Sun, 26 Nov 2000 20:56:55 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jim@localhost) by envy.geekhouse.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) id eAR4unU01535; Sun, 26 Nov 2000 20:56:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jim) Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 20:56:49 -0800 From: Jim Mock To: Brad Price Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can't get into "root" account Message-ID: <20001126205648.A1505@envy.geekhouse.net> Reply-To: jim@lust.geekhouse.net References: <000701c0582e$c0e8dc40$a57a5818@sc.rr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.11i In-Reply-To: <000701c0582e$c0e8dc40$a57a5818@sc.rr.com>; from DBP@SC.RR.COM on Sun, Nov 26, 2000 at 11:58:57PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, 26 Nov 2000 at 23:58:57 -0500, Brad Price wrote: > I installed FreeBSD 4.2 release over the weekend - I can only login > to my local user account and not the root or admin account, please > help. When I boot I receive an initial "de0 cannot autosense, cabling > problem? " I hit enter and it takes me to a normal login prompt, > where, as I told you I can only login to my local account and it says > I don't have the rights to do anything. Recovering the root account or it's password is covered in the FAQ. Please read it. - jim -- jim mock work: jim@osd.bsdi.com | jim@FreeBSD.org http://soupnazi.org/ BSDi Open Source Div | http://bsdi.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message