Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 13:49:36 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <charon@hades.hell.gr> To: Frankie Li <notme@lvdi.net> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: /stand/sysinstall bug? Message-ID: <20000117134936.A2338@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <3880FC42.6B395ABF@lvdi.net> References: <3880FC42.6B395ABF@lvdi.net>
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On Sat, Jan 15, 2000 at 03:01:22PM -0800, Frankie Li wrote: > Hi, > I was adding FreeBSD source yesterday, and while copying the > source from the CD to hard drive, I was able to switch (using alt-Fx) > to another login and login as root without any password. I have yet > to try reproducing the problem because it was a computer at school, but > I attempted the login several of times in different login terminals, and > the same thing resulted. > > I have FreeBSD 3.3-Release, burn from the iso from ftp.cdrom.com. While doing the installation, did you boot from the installation media? Because, I think, the /etc/master.passwd of the installation CDROM does not have any password... and for a good reason, too. Ciao. -- Giorgos Keramidas, < keramida @ ceid . upatras . gr > "What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing." [Aristotle] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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