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Date:      Wed, 5 Jul 2000 10:58:49 -0700
From:      Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu>
To:        Joe Konecny <jkonecn@green-mfg.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: confused about users
Message-ID:  <20000705105849.A35588@wopr.caltech.edu>
In-Reply-To: <396366F1.C2617B75@green-mfg.com>; from jkonecn@green-mfg.com on Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 12:48:49PM -0400
References:  <396366F1.C2617B75@green-mfg.com>

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On Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 12:48:49PM -0400, Joe Konecny wrote:

> While ReadingTFM about INN I noticed that it recommended that
> I log in as "news" to configure inn.  It appears that the
> installation set up a user "news" but I don't know what
> the password is.  How do I log in as "news"?  (fbsd v4)

It probably doesn't have a password.  Become root, and then
use "passwd news" to give it one, or become root and login
without specifying a password:

$ su
Password:
# login -f news

(the "-f" flag to login indicates that login should not ask
for a password.)

-- 
Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu> * Stay close to the Vorlon.
http://www.pobox.com/~mph/           *


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