From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 1 21:58:09 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id VAA21451 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 21:58:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id VAA21343 for ; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 21:56:29 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id VAA01562; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 21:52:55 -0800 Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 21:52:55 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Bplumeau@aol.com cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Version 2.1 installation problem In-Reply-To: <960201140242_309353641@emout10.mail.aol.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 1 Feb 1996 Bplumeau@aol.com wrote: [...] > (myname.my.domain) not a valid password and then the system gets stuck at the > login password point and of course I did not enter a login and password > during config. How can i get around this password situation so I can re-enter > config. I am also concerned that I might have used a default setting during > system config that I might have needed to be more specific. Help. Login as "root", it won't require a password, if you didn't set one up. Then use the "adduser" program to make an account for yourself, then change root's password to something using "passwd". I am also > looking for a good reference book on FreeBSD. Please recommend one. I Hope to > talk to you soon, Bob. About the best thing we've got short of the 4.4 BSD Lite references is the Handbook. Anyone working on a new book for FreeBSD? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major