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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!uunet!news.u.washington.edu!spleen.apl.washington.edu!user From: kargl@apl.washington.edu (Steven G. Kargl) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Help! I just want to login! Date: Sun, 04 Jun 1995 15:54:22 -0700 Organization: Applied Physics Lab/University of Washington Lines: 35 Message-ID: <kargl-0406951554220001@spleen.apl.washington.edu> References: <3qrm4a$ofv@news1.best.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: nntp4.u.washington.edu In article <3qrm4a$ofv@news1.best.com>, Etienne Finet <efinet@insist.com> wrote: > I have the FreeBSD 2.0 working. > During the setup I only created "Guest" as > a login. > 1) How can I create a sysop login? It was created at installation, and it is known as root. At the login prompt enter "root" (without quotes). This will log you in as the user root which gives you access to everything (power to destroy everything). Now, if you installed the man gages enter "man passwd" at the prompt (again with no quotes). Change/give root a password. Every time you login as root, you will be prompt for this password. Do not forget it. After this, you'll want to create an account for yourself as a normal user on the system. Check out the adduser command. > 2) How do I get to my initial setup? > > I am new in unix and really desperate! If you're new to Un*x type OS's, I strongly recommend that you purchase 1 or 2 books about the system. While both books may not be up to date with the current system utilities, I recommend (1) Nemeth, Snyder, and Seebass, "Unix System Administration Handbook" (2) Horspool, "The Berkeley Unix Environment" -- Steven G. Kargl Applied Physics Laboratory University of Washington Seattle, WA 98105