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From: "Jesse" <bextreme@m4.sprynet.com>
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Subject: (Fwd) Re: help! I forgot to set my password!!!!
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From:          Self <Single-user mode>
To:            Justin Ashworth <ashworth@fubar.cs.montana.edu>
Subject:       Re: help! I forgot to set my password!!!!
Date:          Wed, 7 Aug 1996 11:47:43

> Date:          Wed, 7 Aug 1996 12:39:51 -0600 (MDT)
> From:          Justin Ashworth <ashworth@fubar.cs.montana.edu>
> To:            Jesse <bextreme@sprynet.com>
> Cc:            questions@freebsd.org
> Subject:       Re: help! I forgot to set my password!!!!

> On Wed, 7 Aug 1996, Jesse wrote:
> 
> >   HELP!!! when I installed freeBSD v2.1.5, I forgot to set the root
> > password! Could you please tell me the default password so I can get
> > into my system? 
> > 
> > P.S. FreeBSD is installed on my second hard disk. I use OSBS20b8 to
> > access it.
> 
>   If you didn't set a password, then there isn't one. It won't prompt you 
> for one unless you set it.
> 
<-snip->
<-snip->

well apparently it is. Everytime I boot up it says FreeBSD 
(sprynet.com) tty01


login:

so far I have tryed ever password and username combo I know, but it 
keeps saying "invalid login", even under admin. 


                                 Jesse Brown
                           bextreme@sprynet.com