From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 21 23:55:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA03657 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 23:55:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.eee.org (mail.eee.org [163.150.39.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA03640 for ; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 23:55:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from larry_nilsen@eee.org) Received: from eee.org (jtuser28.eee.org [163.150.24.226]) by mail.eee.org (8.8.6 (PHNE_14041)/8.8.6) with ESMTP id AAA27750 for ; Tue, 22 Sep 1998 00:03:59 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <360748FF.8153076B@eee.org> Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 23:51:43 -0700 From: larry_nilsen X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.06 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: root password Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG hi i installed FREEBSD2.2.7 on my computer theres just one problem. i put in a root password on system install. my regular password works fine. but when i try to put in my super user password according to what i remember when it asked me for my super user password and i put it in and then i remember going to a different menu.Thats the last time i thought about it until i tried it today and it wont let me in my system. Im not conn- ected to the internet yet through FREEBSD.Could you explain to me how i can get in my system and edit the password to a new one. of course paying extra attention this time. ThankYou in advance.......... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message