Installing Fedora 12
Roger
arelem at bigpond.com
Tue Apr 27 00:30:34 UTC 2010
On 04/27/2010 02:39 AM, David Bartmess wrote:
> On 4/26/2010 10:29 AM, Nathan Woodruff wrote:
>>
>> I've downloaded the Fedora 12 desktop edition and I've installed it
>> now three times on a U2 server of ours. Every time after the reboot
>> of the newly installed system, I get the login screen. The first time
>> when I installed, I used a password that I always use as a default,
>> at least I thought, I wasn't 100% sure. I typed in "root" with out
>> the quotes and type in the default password that I always use.
>> "Authentication Failed" and doesn't log on.
>>
>> Okay, another 6 hours of installation, this time I write down the
>> password that I typed in for root. Another reboot without the live CD
>> to the clean install, and I get the login screen. I type "root" and
>> the written down password. Same thing "Authentication Failed".
>>
>> That night I start another 6 hours of a clean install and this time I
>> use the word "password" for the requested password. I know that I can
>> not mess that up.
>>
>> The next day I come in to a clean install from the Live CD and I get
>> the login screen. I type "root" and "password". "Authentication
>> Failed"....
>>
>> If I wanted an operating system that all it does is display
>> "Authentication Failed", I'd be in business. I was hoping it would do
>> more than that.
>>
>> What am I doing wrong?
>>
>> Nathan Woodruff
>>
>
> You're not doing anything wrong. Fedora Gnome doesn't allow root
> access from the signon screen. You have to sign in using a user id
> other than root, and then su - to get to the root login.
>
During the installation it asks for a root password.
After installation and rebooting it asks you to provide a user name and
password.
Complete this information with your own username and a suitable password
then it will display the log in screen where you enter your own username
and password to start the system as a user.
To get root from a terminal is quite another process.
Roger
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