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From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: settin gup super user
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 07:41:06 +0000
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Alison Chan wrote:
> 
> after youo set up fbsd, how do you  log in as an admiinistrator??

At the console, log in as root. By telnet, log in as yourself and then
su to root. You need to be a member of group wheel.
-- 
Ken

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