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Date:      Mon, 21 Sep 1998 19:31:54 +0100
From:      Christopher Raven <c.raven@ukonline.co.uk>
To:        Nick <nick@key.net.au>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: help someone???
Message-ID:  <36069B99.D8F025CA@ukonline.co.uk>
References:  <000101bde55b$a7e79a80$590423cb@nick>

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If you didn't enter any users and passwords when you installed, try

user:   root
password: <rtn>

i.e just log in as root and then press return for password. Give your root user
a password by command

passwd


You should add a "user" ASAP though, as working as root can cost you dear if
you make a mistake.
To add a new user use the command:

adduser

ALTHOUGH IT WOULD BE BETTER to use:

/stand/sysinstall

and use the graphical interface:

/stand/sysinstall

then choose:

Configure

then:

User Management

then:

Add group

then:

Add user

Put the user into a the group you made, and also "wheel" if user is to be given
root privileges.
Instructions for what to do can be found by pressing "F1". I would recommend a
copy of Greg Lehey's The complete FreeBSD (available through cdrom.com etc) if
you already haven't bought a copy ~ it will save you a lot of hassles.


CR




Nick wrote:

> To anyone that can help me.
> Finally after some trouble I got FreeBSD 2.2.1 ? or something like that on.
> It took me ages and afterwards I was just closing down windows so I could
> restart. I'm so stupid, that I didn't even look at the default login user
> name and password. Now I'm stuffed because It'll stuff up if I try to put it
> on again(posibly).
> Anyway if anyone can help me out, by emailing me the default user name and
> password for freebsd (straight after the installation), I would be very
> thankful.
> Please return E-mail to      nick@key.net.au
> Thanks....Nick
>
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