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From: dustin@oss.spy.net (Dustin Sallings)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Can't login as root !
Date: 30 Mar 1996 22:44:13 GMT
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walter (walter@nematic.ieo.nctu.edu.tw) wrote:
: Help me! Please!
: I had installed FreeBSD 2.1.0 in my personal computer two weeks
: ago. I don't know how to add a new user in this system, so there is only
: one account "root". I always login as "root" to do anything. This morning,
: I connet my computer to net of my school through modem (using ppp) for about
: two hours.
: Now, I can't login my computer (FreeBSD) as root by the password
: I used before. I have not change password this morning! What's wrong ?
: Some one changed my password when I connet to internet? Or, there is
: something wrong on my hard disk.....
It sounds like the only problem you have is not being able to add
users. You shouldn't log in as root, just su when you need to. The
login probably is just disallowing remote root logins (which it would be
stupid not to, imagine what could happen). Read FAQs, add users, don't
log in as root.
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