[LBo] Password prompt

[Robert Spangler]

On Fri November 16 2007 16:50, Lou Roux wrote:

>  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.

As everyone else has already told you and gave you the link I will not repeat 
it.  What I will ask is if you are aware that Fedora project is a fast moving 
project and the life cycle of any one version is about 18 months long?

If you are looking to use a RedHat distro then I would suggest you have a look 
at CentOS.  These are built from the srpm's that RedHat uses to build it's 
own pay-to-play OS.  It just that you don't have the RedHat support.  On the 
other hand the CentOS support is really good.

http://www.centos.org

>  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.

There shouldn't be any grub password unless you set it.


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Regards
Robert

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