From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 12 15:48:01 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 889ED106566C for ; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:48:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.149.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10E018FC23 for ; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:48:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from c83-253-25-183.bredband.comhem.se ([83.253.25.183]:53399 helo=falcon.midgard.homeip.net) by ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1JZTBP-0005UO-8o for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:48:00 +0100 Received: (qmail 21019 invoked from network); 12 Mar 2008 16:41:16 +0100 Received: from owl.midgard.homeip.net (10.1.5.7) by falcon.midgard.homeip.net with ESMTP; 12 Mar 2008 16:41:16 +0100 Received: (qmail 60136 invoked by uid 1001); 12 Mar 2008 16:41:16 +0100 Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:41:16 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson To: Bill Moran Message-ID: <20080312154116.GA60091@owl.midgard.homeip.net> Mail-Followup-To: Bill Moran , Jerry McAllister , bsd.luigi@alshome.be, freebsd-questions References: <47D7CE4E.7030508@alshome.be> <20080312095238.35d257d2.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <20080312151922.GC6354@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <20080312112736.47c2c4b5.wmoran@potentialtech.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080312112736.47c2c4b5.wmoran@potentialtech.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-Originating-IP: 83.253.25.183 X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1JZTBP-0005UO-8o. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net 1JZTBP-0005UO-8o 0c1e53fef1fccaee76d6fdd47f528eb2 Cc: Jerry McAllister , bsd.luigi@alshome.be, 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 15:48:01 -0000 On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 11:27:36AM -0400, Bill Moran wrote: > In response to Jerry McAllister : > > > On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 09:52:38AM -0400, Bill Moran wrote: > > > > > 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) > > > > I don't understand this response. Superuser is just another > > name for the root user which is any user id with a UID of 0. > > No. The term "superuser" is a made-up term for any way of gaining > root privs. Wrong. "superuser" is, just as the previous poster said, a synonym for "root", i.e. a user account with UID=0 See for example http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superuser or http://catb.org/jargon/html/S/superuser.html -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se