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From: conrads@neosoft.com (Conrad Sabatier) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: I can't login Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 17:58:20 -0500 Organization: NeoSoft, Inc. Lines: 29 Message-ID: <cep3q5.1l.ln@dolphin.neosoft.com> References: <33C51CDF.E50B11E7@iname.com> Reply-To: conrads@neosoft.com (Conrad Sabatier) NNTP-Posting-Host: as5200-port-254.no.neosoft.com X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test58 (13 May 97) Originator: conrads@neosoft.com (Conrad Sabatier) Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.lava.net!news.pixi.com!news1.best.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uuneo.neosoft.com!not-for-mail Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44272 In article <33C51CDF.E50B11E7@iname.com>, Mike Baysek <mbaysek@iname.com> wrote: > >i cannot get passed the login screen that comes up when i boot my >computer. i do not know what to do. this is what the screen says: > >FreeBSD (myname.my.domain) (ttyv0) > >login: > >it refuses anything i type. in fact i do not even know what i should be >typing. > >also when I hit alt-F2, a similar login screen comes up, whose only >difference is that it says (ttyv1) instead of (ttyv0) as in the other >login screen. > >somebody please help me out here, so I can get into my computer. >thanks. Sounds like you haven't defined any user accounts yet. Try login: root (hopefully no password will be required), then man adduser. -- Conrad Sabatier | FreeBSD user since 06/96, because... http://www.neosoft.com/~conrads | "The best things in life are free"