Logging In to FreeBSD
After all the startup processes are complete, you see a screen that looks something like this:
FreeBSD/i386 (amnesiac) (ttyp0) login:
Assuming that you didn't configure any network information during the installation, the default host name for your system is amnesiac. We'll show you how to change it later in this chapter.
Enter the login name of the normal user (not the root user) that you created for yourself during the installation. Press [Enter] and then enter the password you gave yourself when prompted. Note that the password will not be displayed onscreen. Actually, nothing will be displayed onscreen. Don't worry, though. Your password is being read.
After you enter the password, the login program checks the password ...
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