Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:41:16 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>, bsd.luigi@alshome.be, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Superuser password lost Message-ID: <20080312154116.GA60091@owl.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <20080312112736.47c2c4b5.wmoran@potentialtech.com> References: <47D7CE4E.7030508@alshome.be> <20080312095238.35d257d2.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <20080312151922.GC6354@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <20080312112736.47c2c4b5.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 11:27:36AM -0400, Bill Moran wrote: > In response to Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>: > > > On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 09:52:38AM -0400, Bill Moran wrote: > > > > > In response to Luigi <bsd.luigi@alshome.be>: > > > > > > > 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 -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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