Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 19:42:17 +0100 From: Remko Lodder <remko@elvandar.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Su to Root Message-ID: <405C9089.3060609@elvandar.org> In-Reply-To: <20040320182850.GB59236@users.munk.nu> References: <405C8161.401@sympatico.ca> <20040320182850.GB59236@users.munk.nu>
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Jez Hancock wrote: > On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 12:37:37PM -0500, Kevin Coles wrote: > >>I am using freebsd 5.2, which I have installed recently. I cannot seem >>to su to root while using my normal account. >>All I get is a message saying "Sorry." Can anyone help? > > > Try resetting the root password perhaps? See here: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/admin.html#FORGOT-ROOT-PW > Don't even think about that yet.. Read the reply from Matthew Seaman and mine first, if you can't become root after that, you might start considering it... -- -- Kind regards, Remko Lodder Elvandar.org/DSINet.org www.mostly-harmless.nl Dutch community for helping newcomers on the hackerscene
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