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From: "Keith W." <kwoody@citytel.net>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Root Password
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 08:44:52 -0700
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On Sat, 26 Apr 1997, 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!!!!
> Mark S Guz


Every time I have installed FBSD it always asked to set the root password 
and if I want to add any other users before it completey finiished the 
install and rebooted. If you didnt do that well I dont know how you would 
login. As far as I know there is no default password....

Keith.