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From: Michael Williams <gberz3@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 23:06:07 -0400
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Subject: HOW TO:  Enabling root on a new server?
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Hi All,

I recently purchased a co-located server from Cedant and need to  
enable the root user.  It's running FreeBSD 6.1.  Currently there  
appears to be no root user enabled on the server.  I can't even "su"  
to root.  I've tried using "pw" to add my user to "wheel" but I  
receive a warning informing me that I must be root to even do such a  
thing.  You can see my quandary.  Please advise.

Regards,
Michael