[LBo] Password prompt

Sam Morgan s.morgan at linuxbasics.org
Sun Nov 18 00:40:15 CET 2007


Lou Roux wrote:
> Hi again,
> 
> Well I've re-installed the entire package again and very carefully 
> followed the instructions. All goes well and then I get a screen that says:
> 
> Fedora release 8 (Werewolf)
> Kernel 2.6.23.1-42.fc8 on an i686
> 
> Localhost login:
> 
> 
> At this point I don't know what to enter as I wasn't prompted for a host 
> name during installation. If I enter anything the next prompt says:  
> Password:
> 
> I'm totally lost at this point as I wasn't prompted for a localhost name 
> or password during the installation process and of course I can't go any 
> further with the login process.
> 
it is asking for you to enter your user name
then after you enter the user name you entered during the install
and it asks for the password
give it the password you wrote down for that user during the install

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God Bless,
Sam Morgan
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