Date: Thu, 01 Oct 98 08:28:36 -0800 From: "Dan Baker"<dbaker@illuminetss7.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, <larry_nilsen@eee.org> Subject: Re: login as root? Message-ID: <9810019072.AA907255634@mailgate.illuminetss7.com>
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at the boot:> prompt, type in "-s" as in
boot:> -s
This will boot into single user mode as root without a login. if your
/ partition mounts read only you will then need to remount it
mount -uw /
then use the passwd command to change the root passwd.
Dan Baker
"It's not enough to be functional and correct. Programs should also be
cool."
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Subject: login as root?
Author: larry_nilsen <larry_nilsen@eee.org> at Internet_mail
Date: 10/1/98 2:08 AM
hi im trying to setup my FREEBSD 2.2.7 its all in my hard drive now im
just trying to configure everything. I have a problem with trying to
login as root.
when i loaded this o/s it asked me if i wanted a user passwd so im not
in "root"
all the time. so i made a normal login name and passwd.The problem is I
tried
to use my root passwd a number of times and cant figure out how to
access it.
unfortunately i didnt put my login name in the wheel group when it
probably
asked me if i wanted to.ive read the man pages on how to do this. and im
just
not getting it.I would like to configure my computer to run x windows
but when
i get through the configuration screens it tells me that i have to be in
root to go
on then im "stuck" because i have no idea how to access root.then i have
to abort the configuration. Which is very frustrating.Im not very goog
at putting in comm-
ands yet. can you tell me step by step using the keyboard how i can
successfully
put my login name in the wheel group! if you could show me how to add my
user
name to the wheel group. And what command i need to use to bring up the
file
/etc /group I understand its suppose to look like this wheel:*:O:root,
But i dont
know what keyboard buttons to push to access this file.And also once you
show
me how to put this file on my screen.And then show me what keyboard
buttons
i need to push to edit this file.And if this is to much to try and
explain.Could
you tell me what to get rid of so i automatically will always be root
when FREE-
BSD boots up.I understand this is risky but all take the chance!..I cant
get any-
thing done that i want to anyway because i cant figure out how to be
root on my system...Very frustrating. Im sorry this is so long .
Thankyou
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