Date: Sun, 2 Feb 1997 10:42:55 +0100 (MET) From: grog@lemis.de To: bsampley@best.com (Burton Sampley) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD Questions) Subject: Re: login for the first time Message-ID: <199702020942.KAA10294@freebie.lemis.de> In-Reply-To: <32F386A4.41C67EA6@best.com> from Burton Sampley at "Feb 1, 97 10:08:36 am"
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Burton Sampley writes: > 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. Yes, thanks for reminding me. Greg
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