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From: ac381@detroit.freenet.org (Michael Marson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: login as root
Date: 27 May 1995 23:20:36 GMT
Organization: Greater Detroit Free-Net, Detroit, MI
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Message-ID: <3q8c44$9rf@detroit.freenet.org>
Reply-To: ac381@detroit.freenet.org (Michael Marson)
NNTP-Posting-Host: detroit.freenet.org
(putting on the asbestos suit)
OK, I have been trying to install FreeBSD 2.0 from the Infomagic CD-ROM,
and 2 errors are occurring:
1) XFree86-3.1 install halts and crashes during extraction. I have not been
able to get it to fully install, on multiple attempts. Other portions
of BSD have installed correctly including the kernel.
2) I have been unable to determine the default password for "su", which
is what BSD reports I must login as when I try to login as "root".
All seemingly obvious passwords (<enter>, "1", "123", etc) have failed.
I have read through the various FAQs and info pages and cannot seem to
find anything that addresses such a seemingly significant problem.
Any help, suggestions? No flames, please, as I am doing my darndest...
(in the time-honored Christian tradition) <G>
Thanks,
Mike
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Michael Marson ac381@detroit.freenet.org
"The fun you've demanded is now mandatory" -Jello Biafra