On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 11:27:36AM -0400, Bill Moran wrote: > In response to Jerry McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 09:52:38AM -0400, Bill Moran wrote: > > > > > In response to Luigi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > Maybe it's a simple question but i'm a newbie lost in my new BSDworld. > > > > > > > > I've installed PC-BSD but when I want to install a software, It ask me > > > > a > > > > superuser password. > > > > I think I lost this password. How can I retrieve this superuser > > > > password ? > > > > > > This is a PC-BSD-specific question. There is no such thing as "the > > > superuser" ... it's a colloquialism frequently used by folks to make > > > things sound cooler (or for some other reason I don't understand) > > > > I don't understand this response. Superuser is just another > > name for the root user which is any user id with a UID of 0. > > No. The term "superuser" is a made-up term for any way of gaining > root privs.
Wrong. "superuser" is, just as the previous poster said, a synonym for "root", i.e. a user account with UID=0 See for example http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superuser or http://catb.org/jargon/html/S/superuser.html -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
