Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 23:20:45 +0100 From: Alfatrion <alfatrion@cybertron.tmfweb.nl> To: "Andrew C. Hornback" <achornback@worldnet.att.net> Cc: Rick Winstead <winsteadr@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Freebsd 4.4 Message-ID: <3BF04B3D.3090905@cybertron.tmfweb.nl> References: <004901c16b31$957496a0$6600000a@ach.domain>
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Andrew C. Hornback wrote: >>-----Original Message----- >>From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >>[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Rick Winstead >>Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2001 11:12 PM >>To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >>Subject: Freebsd 4.4 >> >>JUST GOT A QUICK QUESTION? DOWNLOADED AND INSTALLED FREEBSD 4.4, >>INSTALLED >>SW ON A CLEAN DRIVE AND SETUP RAN FINE I GUESS. THE ONLY PROBLEM >>I HAVE IS >>WHEN THE PC REBOOTED TO LOAD FREEBSD, IT AS FOR A LOGIN: NAME AND >>PASSWORD:. >> I'VE LOOKE THRU ALL THE README FILES I CAN FIND ON THE CD I CREATED AND >>FOUND NOTHING. PLEASE, WHAT IS THE LOGIN ID AND PASSWORD OR HAVE I DONE >>SOMETHING WRONG DURING THE SETUP PROCESS? >> > > Did you create another user account on your machine when you first > installed it? > > If not, do you remember setting the root password when you went through the > installation? > > If neither of these ring a bell, just for the hell of it, try to login with > the username root, without a password... if that works, you need to take > some other steps in the configuration of your machine. > > --- Andy > P.S. - It's bad form to write in all caps, makes it look like you're > yelling. > > If for some reason the above doesn't work, then you can always run the machine in single user envorement. You can choiche for this during the set up (look at the handbook on the web for this). There is no password for this. Then you can type: 'passwd -l root' and set the password for root again. Alex To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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