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From: conrads@neosoft.com (Conrad Sabatier)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: I can't login
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 17:58:20 -0500
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In article <33C51CDF.E50B11E7@iname.com>,
Mike Baysek  <mbaysek@iname.com> wrote:
>
>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.

Sounds like you haven't defined any user accounts yet.

Try login: root (hopefully no password will be required), then man
adduser.


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