Local host login and password?

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Do, den 01.04.2004 schrieb Brubaker, Bryan (For. Sci.) um 19:20:

> I just installed a copy of Fedora Core 1 and upon reboot I get a prompt
> for a local host login and password... I don't remember reading anything
> about this in documentation nor during the install (though I wasn't
> present for most of it).  Every combination I could think of does not
> work.  Is there a default?  How can I determine what I need to log in?
>  
> Thanks!

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Thank you.

To your question: During installation process you was asked for a
password for the superuser - called root on UNIX/Linux systems like
Fedora - and to create a normal system account. For the normal user
account you must have chosen a custom name like maybe bryan or bbrubaker
and given him a password.

If you can not remember for the normal user account name and password,
then switch from graphical login screen to console modus using key
combination Strg+Alt+F1 where you see a login prompt. There
authentificate yourself using account name root with the password you
have chosen during installation. After login do "ls /home". You should
get as output the home directory of the normal user account name like
bryan. Then type in "passwd bryan" followed by the new password for that
account. Done that leave root's account entering "logout" and switch
back to graphical login using key combination Strg+Alt+F7. Now
authentificate yourself with useraccount and freshly chosen password.

Here you go ...

Alexander


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