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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!zetnet.co.uk!usenet From: phil.burden@zetnet.co.uk (Philip Burden) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: New user question..;-) Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 19:33:31 GMT Lines: 11 Message-ID: <4cp7qr$tnj@irk.zetnet.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: victoria.zetnet.co.uk Ok,I'm new to both Unix and FreeBSD,but decided to take the plunge to learn both,Having managed to get the install working,even via the alpha IDE cdrom driver,the single pressing problem I have now id the initial login.I find I can login as 'root',but BSD tells me to log in as myself,and not root.Is 'root' the default super-user login name,if not,what is?.I assume it isn't,since I can't seem to run some exe's,notably sysinstall.Any help would be appreciated ;-) P.