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.
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"Dingo" Dave Bartmess
Broomfield, CO. USA
http://edingo.net
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