To log in as root, >John Rackham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> hello ive got a problem login to freebsd. i had a copy of freebsd >> given me and when i installed it it asks me for >> a login name and password. is there a way of findin out the login >> name and password?
User: root Password: [leave blank] Assuming you had the installation media and went through sysinstall et al, then you should be able to use the name/password that you entered during that process. The commands that Sven give below will tell you what the user name was, but if you can't remember what the password was, you'll need to change it to a new one. Once in, it is recommended you change the root password from [nothing] to [something], if [nothing] is still the root password: # passwd Changing local password for root. New password: [something] Retype the password: [something] passwd: updating the database... passwd: done # If you ever need to change the root password again, you'll need to log in using single user mode. The handbook will explain how to do that. If you've logged in as a user, then passwd works to change that user's local password. If you're logged in as root, you can change the password of a user using 'passwd -l [username]' http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html and '# man passwd' can help out here. HTH, rip At 13:40 29/07/2004. Sven Pfeifer had this to say: >Hi, > >John Rackham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> hello ive got a problem login to freebsd. i had a copy of freebsd >> given me and when i installed it it asks me for >> a login name and password. is there a way of findin out the login >> name and password? > >yes of course. yust log in as root (this is the system administrator) >and type: > > cat /etc/master.passwd | cut -d ":" -f 1 > >if you can see the username, that matches your userid, set a new >password for this username by typing: > > passwd the_username_you_found_out > >HTH > > > Sven > >-- >Why You Can't Find Your System Administrator: > They are hiding under the stairs --[Simon Burr [EMAIL PROTECTED] >------------------------------------------------------[rand. sig. #24] >_______________________________________________ >[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
