On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 13:48:11 -0500, Bob Schwartz wrote: > Hi, > > What passwords in the latest rev does one need to use to login if one did > not set login or user passwords at the time of install, please?
There is always the superuser who can do anything on the system. The username for this account is "root". If you did not set any password for root then I assume an empty string, i.e. just pressing ENTER at the password prompt, should work. Please set a non-empty root password immediately after you log in. You can do this with the "passwd" command. (There will be a dialog asking for the new password twice; the password will not be displayed while you type it to protect you against people looking over your shoulder.) It is a bad idea to use the root account for your everyday work. You should create a normal user by running "adduser bob" (or any other name that you like, of course). Log on as "bob" unless you have to do system-level stuff, for example installing packages. For such cases there is the "su" command which lets you become root temporarily until the task is done. -- Regards, Florian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]