From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jan 18 17:57:43 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id RAA12248 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 18 Jan 1997 17:57:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from wakko.gil.net (keithl@wakko.gil.net [207.100.79.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id RAA12232 for ; Sat, 18 Jan 1997 17:57:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (keithl@localhost) by wakko.gil.net (8.8.3/8.8.2) with SMTP id UAA24049; Sat, 18 Jan 1997 20:58:03 -0500 Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 20:58:03 -0500 (EST) From: Keith Leonard To: George Hademenos cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: logging on to FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <19970118203008.14877.qmail@hotmail.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Just log in as 'root' with no password. after logging in give root a password by typeing: passwd and follow the instructions (if you care to). You should also create a new user (adduser) with password and log in as that in the future. use root only for administrative task (which you can access with 'su' and give roots password - be very afraid) On 18 Jan 1997, George Hademenos wrote: > Dear Sirs, > I just installed the CDrom version of FreeBSD 2.1.5 and it boots up with a > login /password sequence....i did not see a setup entry during installation of keith keithl@gil.net ------------------------------------------------------ Character is what you are in the dark - John Warfin ------------------------------------------------------