From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 14 07:10:44 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id HAA11673 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 14 May 1996 07:10:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov [137.75.131.171]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id HAA11668 for ; Tue, 14 May 1996 07:10:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: by fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (5.57/Ultrix3.0-C) id AA06020; Tue, 14 May 96 14:10:28 GMT Message-Id: <9605141410.AA06020@fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov> Received: by emu.fsl.noaa.gov (1.40.112.3/16.2) id AA171273030; Tue, 14 May 1996 08:10:30 -0600 Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 08:10:30 -0600 From: Sean Kelly To: romerc@palmcoastd.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <01BB40B9.86187DA0@romerc.palmcoastd.com> (message from Christopher Romer on Mon, 13 May 1996 10:46:57 -0400) Subject: Re: RUNNING FREEBSD Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Chris" == Christopher Romer writes: Chris> Ok, I admit to being a UNIX virgin. However, I can't find Chris> any information on the initial Login for FreeBSD. I don't Chris> remember setting up a user during installation Chris> either. Please help.... A default installation will have the required administrative user: root. Log in with a user name of `root' and no password. The first thing you should do is set a password for the `root' account by running the `passwd' command. Then, set up an account for yourself and any other users by running the `adduser' command. Just answer the prompts. Finally, log out. Then log back in with your personal account. From now on, if you need administrative privilege, just use your personal account, and then run the `su' command. This command will prompt you for a password---give it the password that you set for the root account. You'll be running a ``subshell'' with root privilege. Do whatever administration you need, then type `exit' to leave that shell and return to your personal account's shell. Good luck. -- Sean Kelly NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory kelly@fsl.noaa.gov Boulder Colorado USA http://www-sdd.fsl.noaa.gov/~kelly/