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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!chi-news.cic.net!io.org!van-bc!uniserve!usenet From: tom@uniserve.com (Tom Samplonius) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: myname: Date: 7 Dec 1995 06:47:44 GMT Organization: UNIServe Online Lines: 13 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4a62mg$5gu@atlas.uniserve.com> References: <4a5075$o8l@cdc2.cdc.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: pc.sdf.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.6 In article <4a5075$o8l@cdc2.cdc.net>, craigt@cdc.netà says... > >I'm new to FreeBSD. After installing and booting with BootEasy, I >logged in as root. It said to use "su" and not root. Then I was given >a myname: prompt. Nothing I typed would do anything. "myname" is your machine's hostname. You can edit /etc/sysconfig to change that. Exactly what were you typing? Tom