M wrote: > Hi > I'm first time linux user and installed fedora core. Now after > installation it rebooted and it keeps asking for login and passwords > where i gave none during the installation. Im totally new to this linux > environment if someone could please pen down the steps for me to atleast > get into the fedora OS. > looking forward anxiously > regards > If you created a user without a password during installation, then you just hit "Enter" when it asks for the password. If you did not create a user account, and only have the root account, you should create at least one user account. You do not want to be logged in as root for your normal operation of Linux. There are few things in Linux that require root access. If you are running one of the GUI's, then the programs that need root access to do their job will ask you for the root password when you start them. (Mainly installing/upgrading software, network configuration, and things of that nature.) By logging in as root for normal use, you are not only bypassing most of the security of Linux, but you are also setting yourself up to destroy your installation. There are almost no safeguards when you are running as root. It is real easy to shoot yourself in the foot. Now, if you want a system that will boot up to the GUI without asking you for a user name and password, it can be configured that way. There was an option for that during install, and you can still set it by running setup as root. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
