Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:25:30 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Sniper <kkiller@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Root shell Message-ID: <49AAB6FA.3030204@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20090301161650.GB15344@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: <d2f26f270903010650h243df36bx2ea07d434567633e@mail.gmail.com> <20090301161650.GB15344@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk>
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