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From: dillon@flea.best.net (Matt Dillon)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: I can't login
Date: 10 Jul 1997 15:49:07 -0700
Organization: Best Internet Communications, Inc. - 415 964 BEST
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:In article <33C51CDF.E50B11E7@iname.com>,
:Mike Baysek <mbaysek@iname.com> wrote:
:>I am very much of a novice when it comes to FreeBSD. In fact i
:>installed it last night over the internet. As of current, I do not have
:>a book, although i do plan on getting one shortly.
:>
:>NOW TO GET TO THE POINT:
:>
:>i cannot get passed the login screen that comes up when i boot my
:>computer. i do not know what to do. this is what the screen says:
:>
:>FreeBSD (myname.my.domain) (ttyv0)
:>
:>login:
:>
:>it refuses anything i type. in fact i do not even know what i should be
:>typing.
:>
:>also when I hit alt-F2, a similar login screen comes up, whose only
:>difference is that it says (ttyv1) instead of (ttyv0) as in the other
:>login screen.
:>
:>somebody please help me out here, so I can get into my computer.
:>thanks.
:>
:>-mike
:>
:>please send your reply also to my email address at mbaysek@iname.com
When you reboot your machine, there is a temporary boot: prompt
after the bios gets through. Normally you just wait, and it
automatically continues boothing freebsd.
If, instead, you type:
-s <RETURN>
at the boot: prompt, FreeBSD will boot in single user mode. What you
need to do is set the root password. This is how you do it:
step 1: make sure all the disks are ok
fsck <RETURN>
step 2: mount root r/w
mount / <RETURN>
step 3: mount everything else
mount -a <RETURN>
step 4: change the root password:
passwd root <RETURN>
(follow what it says to set the root password)
step 5: reboot the machine
After you've done this, reboot the machine by typing:
reboot <RETURN>
Now let the machine reboot normally. When presented with the login:
prompt, login as root and give the root password that you had previously
set. This should get you in.
-Matt