New to Linux

[Mera Mottaleb]

Hi,

This is my first time ever using Linux. I have just installed Fedora 
Core 2. During installation, I put in the password for the admin using 
the number keys on the right, with the num lock key on.

After installation when I try to login using the username: 
administrator and the password I created, with the num lock key on, I 
get a message saying that user name or the password is not correct. By 
the way I tried it with the num lock key off too.

This was my second installation. First time when I had the same 
problem, I thought I had put in the wrong password, so the second time 
when I installed it, I made sure that I was using the right password.

Is it possible to change the admin password or to do anything that will 
prevent me from reinstalling?

Thanks
Mera

[Mariano Draghi]

Mera Mottaleb wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This is my first time ever using Linux. I have just installed Fedora 
> Core 2. During installation, I put in the password for the admin using 
> the number keys on the right, with the num lock key on.
>
> After installation when I try to login using the username: administrator 
> and the password I created, with the num lock key on, I get a message 
> saying that user name or the password is not correct. By the way I tried 
> it with the num lock key off too.

...

Hi, please note that the admin user in Linux is called 'root', not 
administrator.
Put root as the username (in lowercase!), and then the password you put 
in during installaton.

Hope this helps.

[Terry Polzin]

On Wednesday 24 November 2004 13:18, Mera Mottaleb wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This is my first time ever using Linux. I have just installed Fedora
> Core 2. During installation, I put in the password for the admin using
> the number keys on the right, with the num lock key on.
>
> After installation when I try to login using the username:
> administrator and the password I created, with the num lock key on, I
> get a message saying that user name or the password is not correct. By
> the way I tried it with the num lock key off too.
>
> This was my second installation. First time when I had the same
> problem, I thought I had put in the wrong password, so the second time
> when I installed it, I made sure that I was using the right password.
>
> Is it possible to change the admin password or to do anything that will
> prevent me from reinstalling?
>
> Thanks
> Mera

Boot into single user mode, then run passwd command.

To get into single user mode, you will have to reboot and then interrupt grub 
by pressing something other than ENTER.  Press 'e' to edit the entry. Go down 
to the kernel line and append 'single' to the line. Press ENTER to leave edit 
mode. Press 'b' to boot the changed entry.

Once the system has booted to a command prompt you can then run the passwd 
command and effectively change the  root password.

Once you have changed the root password, key in 'exit' to continut into the 
default runlevel.

[Terry Polzin]

On Wednesday 24 November 2004 10:35, Terry Polzin wrote:
> On Wednesday 24 November 2004 13:18, Mera Mottaleb wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > This is my first time ever using Linux. I have just installed Fedora
> > Core 2. During installation, I put in the password for the admin using
> > the number keys on the right, with the num lock key on.
> >
> > After installation when I try to login using the username:
> > administrator and the password I created, with the num lock key on, I
> > get a message saying that user name or the password is not correct. By
> > the way I tried it with the num lock key off too.
> >
> > This was my second installation. First time when I had the same
> > problem, I thought I had put in the wrong password, so the second time
> > when I installed it, I made sure that I was using the right password.
> >
> > Is it possible to change the admin password or to do anything that will
> > prevent me from reinstalling?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Mera
>
> Boot into single user mode, then run passwd command.
>
> To get into single user mode, you will have to reboot and then interrupt
> grub by pressing something other than ENTER.  Press 'e' to edit the entry.
> Go down to the kernel line and append 'single' to the line. Press ENTER to
> leave edit mode. Press 'b' to boot the changed entry.
>
> Once the system has booted to a command prompt you can then run the passwd
> command and effectively change the  root password.
>
> Once you have changed the root password, key in 'exit' to continut into the
> default runlevel.

Must learn to read and think like a M$ user ;-)

[Alan Peery]

Mera Mottaleb wrote:
> This is my first time ever using Linux. I have just installed Fedora 
> Core 2.

If you're just starting, you may want to start over with Fedora Core 3.  
It is a very recent release so a few minor bugs still being thrashed 
out--but list traffic shows it is ready for general consumption.

Alan

Apache 1.3.33 Problem

[Randall Marbach]

Hi All

I installed FC3 in server mode but did not select the
option to install the web server. Instead I downloaded

Apache 1.3.33 and mod_perl 1.29 and did the install as
documented on the perl.apache.org site. I installed
the server with the local user option.

My problem: Everything appeared to install correctly.
When I bring up the brower on the server console and
goto http://localhost:8080 (and 10.209.xxx.xxx:8080) I
see the default welcome page as expected.

However, when I goto a system on the same subnet,
bring up a browser and  goto the same
12.209.xxx.xxx:8080  address, I get either get cannot
connect errors or page cannot be displayed errors.
There are no interesting messages in the web server
logs.

Anybody have an idea what is wrong here?

TIA

Randy

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Apache 1.3.33 Problem

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Sa, den 27.11.2004 schrieb Randall Marbach um 6:04:

Please don't start new list mail topics by replying to other list mails.
Your question is now part of the discussion with topic "New to Linux"
which is from last Wednesday. Your mail contains references in the
header to that other list mail and is not necessarily to be found.
> I installed FC3 in server mode but did not select the
> option to install the web server. Instead I downloaded
>
> Apache 1.3.33 and mod_perl 1.29 and did the install as
> documented on the perl.apache.org site. I installed
> the server with the local user option.

A specific reason for that?
> My problem: Everything appeared to install correctly.
> When I bring up the brower on the server console and
> goto http://localhost:8080 (and 10.209.xxx.xxx:8080) I
> see the default welcome page as expected.
>
> However, when I goto a system on the same subnet,
> bring up a browser and  goto the same
> 12.209.xxx.xxx:8080  address, I get either get cannot
> connect errors or page cannot be displayed errors.
> There are no interesting messages in the web server
> logs.

Open the port within your firewall / iptables settings on the Apache
host.
> Randy

Alexander

[Thomas Ward]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mera Mottaleb" 
To: 
Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 1:18 PM
Subject: New to Linux
> Hi,
>
> This is my first time ever using Linux. I have just installed Fedora
> Core 2. During installation, I put in the password for the admin using
> the number keys on the right, with the num lock key on.
>
> After installation when I try to login using the username:
> administrator and the password I created, with the num lock key on, I
> get a message saying that user name or the password is not correct.

Hi, the problem is that Linux does not have an account called administrator.
Instead Linux calls it's super user account root.  So if you use the user
name root and your password you will be set to go.
Hth.