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From: fred@lightside.net (Fred Condo)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Root Password
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 13:33:35 -0700
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<18F8FF21930307C2.9C8789DEFA86E574.971B7B7D034EAE5D@library-proxy.airnews.ne
t>, markguz@sol.co.uk (Mark Guz) wrote:

> I have just installed FreeBSD but forgot to set the root password, how
> do I LOGIN?
> 
> I can't find a default password anywhere in the documentation
> 
> HELP!!!!
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> Mark S Guz

The root password is initially empty.
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