Authentication service cannot retrieve authentication info

Moffett67 · 07-05-2003, 05:08 PM

When i try to boot i am obously greated by a login dos type screen, so i type in my root username which is andrew and then my password which is ******** that goes ok and then i get another line which is [andrew@localhost andrew]$

from here i don't no wot to do my other username and password is exactlyt the same and which i try to use this by typing login and then the rest of my details i get Authentication service cannot retrieve authentication info

can annyone help me.

plz i really want to try linux

Andrew

jailbait · 07-05-2003, 10:01 PM

When you get the line: andrew@localhost andrew
you have logged in and are running as a user named andrew on a machine named andrew. The login process is finished and you don't need to type login again.

Axo · 07-06-2003, 04:26 AM

Also if you would like some eye candy ,( KDE or GNOME)
once you have logged in ( hopfully as a user NOT root )
type startx .
[andrew@localhost andrew]$ startx
hope that helps

AXO

yech · 12-13-2007, 03:16 AM

Same problem here by using FC6. Please the second and third floor be noticed that what the owner mean is using login to switch to another user account w/o logout.