Subject: Re: first boot into single user mode
To: markel <markel@metta.lk>
From: Mark Thomas <mark@theswamp.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 07/28/2004 04:14:03
> after booting , it told me you recomend creating a non root account ,
> but I
> don't know how to do that
>

- Setting up a user (reference: Chapter 6)
It is recommended that you don't use root for day to day work so we
setup a new user for us.

    useradd -m -G wheel <user_name>

We need to be in the wheel group so that we can use 'su'. Now add a
password for our new user.

    passwd <user_name>

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