Login on Fedora 17

Terry Polzin foxec208 at wowway.com
Wed Apr 11 13:34:57 UTC 2012


On Wed, 2012-04-11 at 09:29 -0400, Mark Haney wrote:
> On 04/11/2012 09:08 AM, Lawrence Graves wrote:
> > Just want to ask one question. What is Fedora 17 looking for when it
> > boots up and ask for localhost login. Everything I have tried has
> > failed. Please help.
> > --
> > Lawrence Graves All things are workable but don't all things work.
> >
> >
> 
> I'm assuming you are using the latest RC of F17? Sounds to me like you 
> didn't name the system you installed it on, so it defaulted to 
> 'localhost'.  When you installed, did it not ask to add a new user 
> account?
> 
> Have you tried logging in with root?
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> Mark Haney
> Software Developer/Consultant
> AB Emblem
> markh at abemblem.com
> Linux marius.homelinux 3.3.0-8.fc16.x86_64 GNU/Linux

GUI login? Echo other comment about setting up a mortal user during
install or first boot.  Have you tried to login an root via CLI?
(ctrl-alt-f2)

But really questions for F17 should be directed at the test list. F17
isn't prime time yet.



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