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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Root Password
Date: 29 Apr 1997 14:28:11 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <18F8FF21930307C2.9C8789DEFA86E574.971B7B7D034EAE5D@library-proxy.airnews.net>,
markguz@sol.co.uk (Mark Guz) writes:
>
> 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
People have already pointed out that this is a bug. For now,
shut the machine down with CTRL-ALT-DEL and type -s at the
boot prompt. You'll get a shell where you can change the
root password (after doing "fsck -p" and "mount -a -t nonfs").
Of course if you've set your consoles to "secure", you know
enough to boot the fixit floppy :)
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !