Newbie needs help with login

larrabee · 09-29-2004, 04:22 PM

I just installed fedora 2 on my computer in Virtual PC.
I need help getting logged in the to fedora.
There must be some sort of default login.
I have no clue what it is.

Please help this pitiful soul.

spartanM19SSM · 09-29-2004, 05:58 PM

First of all, do you remember what you set the password as your root login name?
If you do type "root" in as the user name and the password of which you chose at installation.

If you dont remember what the password was then, press the magic button(power) and reinstall

I hope this helped

spartanM19SSM · 09-29-2004, 05:59 PM

To create a user account, type

useradd

and hit return. On linux/Unix OSs, the default action when no arguments
are supplied is to spit out usage info. Read the usage info and then
type
useradd username(whatever you want)

which will create the user

username
Then, to set the passwd, type

passwd username

you'll be prompted to type in the new passwd and then you'll be
prompted to verfiy it

Once again I hope this helped!

spartanM19SSM · 09-29-2004, 06:01 PM

Oh yea,
I forgot to tell you where to type all that crap in...
Once you get into "root" go to the command prompt and
........
SRY I forgot

kostason · 09-30-2004, 10:53 PM

hi,

Quote:

spartanM19SSM wrote:
If you dont remember what the password was then, press the magic button(power) and reinstall

You do not have to reinstall.
Here is how you can fix it:
http://fedoraguide.org/fc2/fc2beginn...ordifforgotten

bipinkdas · 10-01-2004, 06:05 AM

Hi
you need not to reinstall fedora. logged as root . Add a user with the command
#adduser
then type
# passwd -d <username> {This is for removing password new user }
then logout
login with new account

cheers

BIPINDAS

spartanM19SSM · 10-01-2004, 08:22 PM

thats what I said...
But if he forgot the password for root he cant login as root can he?
And if he cant login as root (let alone any username) he cant get his hands on a terminal can he...

kostason · 10-02-2004, 02:24 PM

hi,
spartanM19SSM : yes you can gain root user access without login !!!
You have to boot in resque mode.

Quote:

Copied from the "Unofficial Fedora Core 2 Guide for Beginners"

02) Insert Fedora Core 2 Rescue CD:
02a) At boot menu, press "Enter" Key
03) If you do not have Fedora Core 2 Rescue CD, insert Fedora Core 2 CD 1:
03a) At boot menu type "linux rescue":
03b) Press "Enter" Key
04) Follow the instructions until you see the command prompt:
04a) sh-2.05b#
05) To mount existing linux installation:
05a) sh-2.05b# chroot /mnt/sysimage
06) You have root user access now
07) Done!

larrabee · 10-04-2004, 01:49 PM

I found the problem. My problem was Virtual PC. I was causing segament errors, amoung others. I have to tweak the kernal to repair the problem.