Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 08:52:43 -0500 From: "fbsd_user" <fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com> To: "F. D. Williams" <fwilliams2@cfl.rr.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: RE: login ID and Password Problems Message-ID: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGOEEKFCAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <002c01c3cdd2$65dc0490$0200a8c0@xp1200>
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Flem I understand your frustration. But your post is poorly written when it comes to describing your problem. It almost sounds like you have never used an Unix like operating system before. For your info, during the install process you are asked to enter the password to be used for the root account. 'root' is the master/god like powered account used to configure the operating system. That's the account you should be using to gain access to you newly installed system the first time. When the system finishes booting there is the login prompt, you should respond with the word root and for the password try purdue112 or whatever password you entered during the install. Why don't you repost and this time explain to the readers how you got this GIVEN LOGIN: koolfd PASSWORD: fdwill4u2 SYSTEM MANAGEMENT PWD: purdue112 It would go along way to understanding just how much of an newbe you are. Check this out for some helpful reading http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of F. D. Williams Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 1:10 AM To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: login ID and Password Problems Hello: For six and nights almost non-stop, I've loaded and unloaded (formatted the HDD) due to some bug (s) of sorts in this program. Even through the Christmas holidays I've been busy with FreeBSD v5.1 and at the current moment this problem still persists. This login/password business really sucks. More than 80 hours at this installation has produced nothing but a headache. The current prompt reading at the console shows the characteristics: Dec 28 23:51:41 K7502000PRO.cfl.rr.com login: 5 LOGIN FAILURES ON ttyv0 GIVEN LOGIN: koolfd PASSWORD: fdwill4u2 SYSTEM MANAGEMENT PWD: purdue112 After all this time spent at this installation, I am beginning to have second thoughts about this software. When I reboot the system it goes right into the program and pauses at the six options screen, where I would normally type in the correct digit to continue the boot process. All hell breaks loose right at the login prompt. Moreover, when I go into the program to change the settings, it says that the item has not be initialized, i.e., it will not allow any changes to the password, etc. I have never, ever, spent as much time as this with an install. What's up? I made a purchase at CompUSA a fews days ago and saw a copy of this program on the shelf..$59.95. Why should it buy this product off the shelf, only to be confronted with the current (login) problem? If you have a solution to this login problem, I will continue the process of getting it to work. However, the clock on the wall says time is running out. Furthermore, I really don't know what the program looks like. Until it is configured correctly and booting, I have the faintest idea what it looks like. Originally, I thought the real problem was with the four HDDs attached to the system. With that many drives attached, it posed a problem for me because I could hardly identify the correct one for the install. With your disk id scheme, I decided to unplug three of the drives and use a single one, which proved to be less confusing. As a new user of this system, it has been a tremendous undertaking working with this program. Everything is new and different, as opposed to MS-DOS/Windows. Nevertheless, as a new comer, I find the program very interesting. I would appreciate any suggestions in resolving this login/password problem Thanks in advance Regards, Flem D. Williams Email: fwilliams2@cfl.rr.com _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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