On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 03:52:27PM -0400, Steve Bertrand wrote: > > I'm new to using FreeBSD and when I boot up the computer (I've > > already installed FreeBSD) it asks for a login name and password. I > > don't know either and I haven't been able to get into FreeBSD. Please > > help me. > > During install, it prompts you to type in the super users password. Did > you make a note of this? > > The superusers name in question is 'root' (w/o quotes). This user has God > power over everything and is typically the only user on the system when an > install is freshly done, unless other users have been added upon install. > > IIRC, the system will accept a null password at install time, so if you > don't remember entering the su password, try logging in with username: > root and no password. > > Regards, > > Steve
You could also boot into single-user mode (type "boot -s" at the boot prompt), then you will be logged in as root automatically (without having to give the password -- unless you disabled that in /etc/ttys). Then simply type "passwd" and enter a new password for root (twice). GH _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"