----- Original Message ----- From: "Mera Mottaleb" <mmottaleb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 1:18 PM Subject: New to Linux > Hi, > > This is my first time ever using Linux. I have just installed Fedora > Core 2. During installation, I put in the password for the admin using > the number keys on the right, with the num lock key on. > > After installation when I try to login using the username: > administrator and the password I created, with the num lock key on, I > get a message saying that user name or the password is not correct. Hi, the problem is that Linux does not have an account called administrator. Instead Linux calls it's super user account root. So if you use the user name root and your password you will be set to go. Hth.
