Firsttime Fedora User - Trouble Logging On First Time

2010-09-18 Thread earlscott3
I solved my own issue. My main issue was (I think), was using a very long password and multiple characters/uppercase/lower case, etc. Learnign Linux (Fedora) the hard way but Google send me to the Fedora forum everytime with a good answer. If anyone gets in my same situation: -I

Firsttime Fedora User - Trouble Logging On First Time

2010-09-18 Thread Jonathan Beatty
I had the same problem. Group permissions on unix_chkpwd, I believe. Here's how you can fix it: Boot the computer and jam ESC untiL the GRUB menu comes up (you'll know it when you see it). Select the topmost "Fedora" kernel (there may be only one). Hit 'e'. Scroll down to the 'kernel' line and hit

Re: Firsttime Fedora User - Trouble Logging On First Time

2010-09-18 Thread zico banerjee
clearly speaking if you get an report like "authentication fail" then i think u have given a different password before may be you left the capslock on or something like that.. On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 3:37 PM, wrote: > I ran the install and got to the login screen, it showed the u

Firsttime Fedora User - Trouble Logging On First Time

2010-09-18 Thread earlscott3
I ran the install and got to the login screen, it showed the username I input at the beginning but I can not get past the password requirement. It states authentication failure, but I know I typed in the password correctlyat the beginning. I tried all sorts of usernames/passwords and still