From owner-freebsd-questions  Fri Dec 20 22:31:24 1996
Return-Path: <owner-questions>
Received: (from root@localhost)
          by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id WAA28118
          for questions-outgoing; Fri, 20 Dec 1996 22:31:24 -0800 (PST)
Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts12-line10.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.142])
          by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id WAA28111
          for <questions@FreeBSD.org>; Fri, 20 Dec 1996 22:31:20 -0800 (PST)
Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.2/8.6.12) with SMTP id WAA03557; Fri, 20 Dec 1996 22:31:13 -0800 (PST)
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 22:31:13 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu
To: Zsolt Szabadi <zsolts@cats.ucsc.edu>
cc: "'BSD questions'" <questions@FreeBSD.org>
Subject: Re: login for the first time
In-Reply-To: <01BBEE13.8DC974C0@tsa-02.UCSC.EDU>
Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961220222912.244M-100000@localhost>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org
X-Loop: FreeBSD.org
Precedence: bulk

On Fri, 20 Dec 1996, Zsolt Szabadi wrote:

> I just installed FreeBSD ver. 2.1.5 on my computer for the first time. 
> I am having a problem login on to the system .  When the login prompt
> appears, I type 'root'.  Then another prompt appears saying that I
> should sign in not as a 'root' but as 'my name' and that I should use
> the 'su' command.  I am not sure what do from here on.  Please help me. 
> Also, please be aware that I am new to UNIX so please give my step be
> step instructions. 

This means that you should create an account for yourself and use that.
This is to keep you from breaking things by doing things as root (who can
delete the whole hard drive without thinking).  

1.  Login as root.
2.  Run 'adduser' and make yourself an account.  Make sure you invite
yourself into the 'wheel', 'operator', and 'dialer' groups.
3.  Run 'passwd' and give root a password.
4.  Logout; login as yourself.
5.  Anytime you need superuser access, run the 'su' command and give
root's password at the Password: prompt.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major