Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 03:17:11 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: dewey@posteo.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: (no subject) Message-ID: <20160425031711.9c3f1281.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <c76a06f6a1cc339c9ff7cfa56d0d36c5@posteo.net> References: <c76a06f6a1cc339c9ff7cfa56d0d36c5@posteo.net>
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On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 03:11:48 +0200, dewey@posteo.net wrote: > I use Linux Mint. I want to try Free BSD. I downloaded the dvr version. > It will not run without a user name and a password. What are these? What > user name and password do I use? Initially, there are no users preinstalled. The user "root" (usually associated with the role of the system administrator) is meant to do this. This account has an empty password. login: root Password: <ENTER> # _ You can (and probably should) set a password then with the "passwd" command. Add users with the "adduser" or "pw" command. See "man adduser", "man pw", and "man passwd" for details. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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