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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!vic.news.telstra.net!news.mira.net.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.eng.convex.com!newshost.convex.com!news.duke.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Re: [Q] HELP! Can't login... Date: 1 Apr 1996 11:35:53 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 26 Message-ID: <4jobi9$bf@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <4jian2$st7@news.csie.nctu.edu.tw> X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] walter (walter@nematic.ieo.nctu.edu.tw) wrote: : Help me! Please! : I had installed FreeBSD 2.1.0 in my personal computer two weeks : ago. I don't know how to add a new user in this system, so there is only : one account "root". I always login as "root" to do anything. This morning, : I connet my computer to net of my school through modem (using ppp) for about : two hours. : Now, I can't login my computer (FreeBSD) as root by the password : I used before. I have not change password this morning! What's wrong ? : Some one changed my password when I connet to internet? Or, there is : something wrong on my hard disk..... : HELP ME! I CAN'T LOGIN MY COMPUTER! Thanks. : Wang-Yang Li Reboot your machine (CTRL-ALT-DEL), and when you get the Boot: prompt, enter "-s". This will bring it up in single user mode, and you can change your password with "passwd". Why don't you add another user ? When you screw up as root, you screw up much worse than you do when you aren't root ! -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....