On 04/27/2010 02:39 AM, David Bartmess wrote: > On 4/26/2010 10:29 AM, Nathan Woodruff wrote: >> >> I've downloaded the Fedora 12 desktop edition and I've installed it >> now three times on a U2 server of ours. Every time after the reboot >> of the newly installed system, I get the login screen. The first time >> when I installed, I used a password that I always use as a default, >> at least I thought, I wasn't 100% sure. I typed in "root" with out >> the quotes and type in the default password that I always use. >> "Authentication Failed" and doesn't log on. >> >> Okay, another 6 hours of installation, this time I write down the >> password that I typed in for root. Another reboot without the live CD >> to the clean install, and I get the login screen. I type "root" and >> the written down password. Same thing "Authentication Failed". >> >> That night I start another 6 hours of a clean install and this time I >> use the word "password" for the requested password. I know that I can >> not mess that up. >> >> The next day I come in to a clean install from the Live CD and I get >> the login screen. I type "root" and "password". "Authentication >> Failed".... >> >> If I wanted an operating system that all it does is display >> "Authentication Failed", I'd be in business. I was hoping it would do >> more than that. >> >> What am I doing wrong? >> >> Nathan Woodruff >> > > You're not doing anything wrong. Fedora Gnome doesn't allow root > access from the signon screen. You have to sign in using a user id > other than root, and then su - to get to the root login. > During the installation it asks for a root password. After installation and rebooting it asks you to provide a user name and password. Complete this information with your own username and a suitable password then it will display the log in screen where you enter your own username and password to start the system as a user. To get root from a terminal is quite another process. Roger -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
