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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!newspeer.santaclara.agis.net!agis!atmnet.net!news.lightside.com!fred From: fred@lightside.net (Fred Condo) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Root Password Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 13:33:35 -0700 Organization: Lightside, Inc. Lines: 22 Message-ID: <fred-ya02408000R2604971333350001@news.lightside.com> References: <18F8FF21930307C2.9C8789DEFA86E574.971B7B7D034EAE5D@library-proxy.airnews.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dcs55.dcs-chico.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: Yet Another NewsWatcher 2.4.0 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39783 In article <18F8FF21930307C2.9C8789DEFA86E574.971B7B7D034EAE5D@library-proxy.airnews.ne t>, markguz@sol.co.uk (Mark Guz) wrote: > I have just installed FreeBSD but forgot to set the root password, how > do I LOGIN? > > I can't find a default password anywhere in the documentation > > HELP!!!! > > > Regards > > Mark S Guz The root password is initially empty. -- http://www.lightside.net/~fred/ + net access + http://www.lightside.net/ "Attempts to control the use of encryption technology are wrong in principle, unworkable in practice, and damaging to the long term economic value of the information networks." - UK Labour Party