Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 20:53:36 -0800 From: "Michael C. Shultz" <ringworm@inbox.lv> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation Problems Message-ID: <200411162053.36404.ringworm@inbox.lv> In-Reply-To: <1d8.305dfe86.2ecc0280@aol.com> References: <1d8.305dfe86.2ecc0280@aol.com>
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On Tuesday 16 November 2004 05:25 pm, FrostyPup@aol.com wrote: > My husband purchased Free BSD. I believe it is version. 5.3. He > installed the disks and then entered his username and password. Then > when he needs to sign in he again enters his username and password > and nothing happens. He can't get into the program. Do you have any > information to help with this problem? I have looked online but > cannot find info to fix this problem. Thanks in advance for your > assistance. > > Martha Does he know the password for root? If yes, log in as root, not himself. If not, the do the following: Pick single user mode from the beastie menu, then do something like the following: mount -a -t ufs cd /usr/sbin ./sysinstall now inside of the install menu find the option to change/set root's password and do that, then reboot. -mike
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