From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 12 13:52:41 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26ACC1065679 for ; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:52:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from mail.potentialtech.com (internet.potentialtech.com [66.167.251.6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 008A08FC15 for ; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:52:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from vanquish.ws.pitbpa0.priv.collaborativefusion.com (pr40.pitbpa0.pub.collaborativefusion.com [206.210.89.202]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.potentialtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01DF7EBC0C; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:52:39 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:52:38 -0400 From: Bill Moran To: bsd.luigi@alshome.be Message-Id: <20080312095238.35d257d2.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <47D7CE4E.7030508@alshome.be> References: <47D7CE4E.7030508@alshome.be> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.8 (GTK+ 2.12.8; i386-portbld-freebsd6.3) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Superuser password lost X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:52:41 -0000 In response to Luigi : > Hi all, > > Maybe it's a simple question but i'm a newbie lost in my new BSDworld. > > I've installed PC-BSD but when I want to install a software, It ask me a > superuser password. > I think I lost this password. How can I retrieve this superuser password ? This is a PC-BSD-specific question. There is no such thing as "the superuser" ... it's a colloquialism frequently used by folks to make things sound cooler (or for some other reason I don't understand) PC-BSD has several community lists, including a support list. Have you tried asking there?: http://www.pcbsd.org/content/view/22/29/ -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com