Hi,
John Rackham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hello ive got a problem login to freebsd. i had a copy of freebsd
> given me and when i installed it it asks me for
> a login name and password. is there a way of findin out the login
> name and password?
yes of course. yust log in as root (this is the system administrator)
and type:
cat /etc/master.passwd | cut -d ":" -f 1
if you can see the username, that matches your userid, set a new
password for this username by typing:
passwd the_username_you_found_out
HTH
Sven
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They are hiding under the stairs --[Simon Burr [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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