Date: Sat, 01 Feb 1997 10:08:36 -0800 From: Burton Sampley <bsampley@best.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.de> Cc: Zsolt Szabadi <zsolts@cats.ucsc.edu>, FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: login for the first time Message-ID: <32F386A4.41C67EA6@best.com> References: <199702011121.MAA08273@freebie.lemis.de>
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grog@lemis.de wrote: > > Zsolt Szabadi writes: > > Dear tech help, > > > > > I just installed FreeBSD ver. 2.1.5 on my computer for the first > > time. I am having a problem login on to the system . When the > > login prompt appears, I type 'root'. Then another prompt appears > > saying that I should sign in not as a 'root' but as 'my name' and > > that I should use the 'su' command. I am not sure what do from here > > on. Please help me. Also, please be aware that I am new to UNIX so > > please give my step be step instructions. > > This previous paragraph was a single line, 442 characters long. I've > modified it for legibility. > > I would suggest you do what the message suggests: log on as yourself, > and use su when you want to become root. If you don't have your own > login ID, look at the man page for adduser (and adding_user), and add > a user ID for yourself. If you don't know how to use su, look at the > man page for su. > > Greg Don't forget to add your new user to the wheel group. This is required to su to root. -- Burton Sampley Email: bsampley@best.com | home page: http://www.best.com/~bsampley
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