From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Dec 16 22:16:09 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id WAA27312 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 16 Dec 1995 22:16:09 -0800 (PST) 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 WAA27307 for ; Sat, 16 Dec 1995 22:16:07 -0800 (PST) Received: by fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (5.57/Ultrix3.0-C) id AA05518; Sun, 17 Dec 95 00:16:06 -0600 Received: by emu.fsl.noaa.gov (1.38.193.4/SMI-4.1 (1.38.193.4)) id AA17605; Sat, 16 Dec 1995 23:16:05 -0700 Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1995 23:16:05 -0700 From: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly) Message-Id: <9512170616.AA17605@emu.fsl.noaa.gov> To: ipc1@tribeca.ios.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: (message from Dale Benzer on Sun, 17 Dec 1995 00:30:39 -0500 (EST)) Subject: Re: Su Password & X start Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Dale" == Dale Benzer writes: Dale> I just installed 2.1 and try to log in as su but the system Dale> wants a password. First, you don't log in as `su' ... you log in as a non-root user and then type the `su' command to get root privileges. For example, on my system, I log in as `kelly' and to do my work, fun, and games. When I need to administrate the system, I type `su'. Or, you can log in as `root'. It's better to log in with your own account first and use the `su' command though: for one, you can tell who's been using root priveleges that way---if you go through the logs, and if they're intact. Dale> I set a password for root in the Install program but this Dale> doesn't do it. What the heck is the password? Root's password is what you set for root during the install. If you've mistyped or forgotten it, boot your system in single user mode (type `-s' at the `boot:' prompt) and reset root's password---unless you've marked /dev/console as insecure, in which case you'll really need to try to remember the root password. -- Sean Kelly NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory, Boulder Colorado USA Sometimes, when I drive across the desert in the middle of the night, with no other cars around, I start imagining: What if there were no civilization out there? No cities, no factories, no people? And then I think: No people or factories? Then who made this car? And this highway? And I get so confused I have to stick my head out the window into the driving rain - unless there's lightning, because I could get struck on the head by a bolt. -- Jack Handey