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 -- Why You Can't Find Your System Administrator: They are hiding under the stairs --[Simon Burr [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------[rand. sig. #24] _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"