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From: asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi ASAMI)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: FreeBSD Install Problem
Date: 20 Jul 94 17:09:58
Organization: CS Div. - EECS, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
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In-reply-to: MITCH@lexmark.com's message of Wed, 20 Jul 1994 10:11:23 PST
In article <16FF9C78B.MITCH@lexmark.com>
MITCH@lexmark.com (G.A. (Gary) Mitchell) writes:
* My only problem now is that it's asking me for a login and password.
* Now I realize that this is a stupid question but I've searched the
* documentation, install instructions, and FAQs but I can't find out
* what the default entry should be. Can someone please help me?
I think this should be in the FAQ, it's too obvious for Unix veterans
but too hard for newcomers. ;)
Login as "root", no password necesary. One of the first things you
should do after you get in is to set a root password, BTW. Also make
an account for yourself, and do your work there.
We are talking about changing the install process in 2.0, to prompt
the user for the root password before throwing him off the cliff....
Satoshi