Login to the window manager using the login name 'root' and then your root pw as the pw. Then you can call up Mandrake control center and set up user accounts there or you can also do it in the terminal if you wish.
On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 03:57, Joe Harkins wrote: > I'm running Mandrake8.2 and using KDE. > > At the bottom of my screen I noticed an icon has apeared in the form of a > small lock. When I clicked on it the screen went black and a prompt appeared > that wanted my user password. Since I don't recall what the user pw is (and > don't get to see it on boot) the only way out was to cut the power. > > After going through a few failed reboots to restore the system, I see the > lock is still there. > > So, I have three related questions. > > 1) what is that lock and what would I have done to cause it to appear > > 2) whay is the prompt wanting to acomplish? > > 3) how to I determine or change my user password? > > I live alone so it doesn't much matterI have the "root password" pasted right > to the front of the machine where I can see it. .B.but I went through so much > crap and so many reinstalls before getting a functioning system, I haven't > any idea what the user pw is. > > Can I assume that having the root pw should allow me to install a new user > name and user password? > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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