[LBo] Password prompt

[Anita Lewis]

Lou Roux wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I'm a very newbie at linux. I'm attempting to run Fedora 8 for the first 
> time and it seems to load fine up to a point where it asks for a user 
> name and password. When I installed the program at one point it asked me 
> to choose a password which I did but never asked for a user name, now 
> when I boot up it asks for a user name and password. At this point I'm 
> dead in the water and can't go any farther.
> 
> Could someone please give me some help on how to boot up. The FAQ 
> mentions a GRUB password but being new here I have no idea what that is 
> or where to find one.

As the other poster indicated, your password was for root.  Normally 
installers ask what you want for a user, too, but this seems to have 
missed it.

http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f8/en_US/

Check out the section called First Boot.  17.5 is about making a user, 
but I'd read that whole section since there is a lot that is important 
in it.

It probably tells you that you need to put root for the username and 
whatever password you gave for the password to login and do this section

Anita