login failure

daveb928 · 08-02-2005, 01:59 PM

I just installed Linux Mandrake 10.2 on a spare computer. I am brand new to Linux and don't have a clue how to navigate this operating system. As I was installing it asked for an administrator password which I entered and then later a login name which I entered. I left the password blank for the user login password. Now when I try to login, I put in my username with no password but I get a login failure message. I tried entering the password for the administrator (which is myself) and that didn't work either. Do you have to have a password for the user login? How or where do I go to fix this? As I said I'm brand new to Linux so I have no idea where to go to take care of this. Any help will be a ppreciated.
Thanks
Dave

namish · 08-02-2005, 02:20 PM

Log in as root by entering "root" as your login name. Then enter your root password. (root is the same thing as administrator.) Then do this:

Code:

passwd [your regular user name]
Enter new password:  [enter your password]
Re-enter new password:  [type your password again]

And then, you should be able to log in as a regular user. By the way, you should always have a password.

dinolinux · 08-02-2005, 02:21 PM

Hi!

The adminstrator in Linux is called root. Try loggin in with root and the password you set as administrator password. After you logged in click on the K-Menu button (in the left lower corner) and select run command. In the window type:

Code:

konsole

This will give you a console window, now type:

Code:

passwd <user>

Enter the password and you should be ready to go!

daveb928 · 08-02-2005, 03:03 PM

I tried that and it didn't work. The box says welcome to localhost. Then username and password. What am I doing wrong?

dinolinux · 08-02-2005, 03:29 PM

Did you try to login as user root and the administrator password?

Try pressing Alt+F1 this will take you to a text console try logging in there. To switch back to graphical press Alt+F7.

daveb928 · 08-03-2005, 10:12 PM

That didn't work either. From the login I hit alt F1 and got nothing. I rebooted in failsafe and typed in login and got a login prompt but when I typed in root I got nothing, just another login failure. Any other suggestions? I'm listening.
Thanks
Dave

daveb928 · 08-04-2005, 08:32 PM

Anybody got any other ideas?

Bluenoser · 08-04-2005, 11:14 PM

Well, the simplest way would probably be to just reinstall it but that's just me

dinolinux · 08-05-2005, 03:34 AM

I just remembered... When I told you to press ALT + F2, that was wrong, what I meant was pressing CTRL + ALT + F2. Sorry for that