New to Linux

Mariano Draghi mdraghi at prosud.com
Wed Nov 24 15:31:06 UTC 2004


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.

-- 
Mariano




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