afterboot.8 hasn't been changed to reflect the fact that a user can be created during installation and you have no other option but to login as root on first boot.
comments/ok? -mark Index: afterboot.8 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/share/man/man8/afterboot.8,v retrieving revision 1.130 diff -u -p -r1.130 afterboot.8 --- afterboot.8 21 Jan 2011 12:20:04 -0000 1.130 +++ afterboot.8 22 Jan 2011 11:27:25 -0000 @@ -67,9 +67,7 @@ Any security or reliability fixes can be .Pa http://www.openbsd.org/errata.html . It is recommended that you check this page regularly. .Ss Login -Log in as -.Dq root . -You can do so on the console, or over the network using +You can login via the console, or over the network using .Xr ssh 1 . If you wish to deny root logins over the network, edit the .Pa /etc/ssh/sshd_config @@ -92,6 +90,11 @@ and .Xr sudo 8 commands when root privileges are required. This process is described in more detail later. +.Pp +During the installation you were given the option to create a regular user. +This user is automatically added to the +.Dq wheel +group. .Ss Root password Change the password for the root user. (Note that throughout the documentation, the term
