On Thu, 2002-12-05 at 07:56, Heinz Windzio wrote:
> Hi,
> This isn't technically gnome-specific, but bear with me...
>
> I just purchased RedHat 8 and installed successfully. However, at no
> time did the install prompt me for a root username- only a root
> password. So, I created a password. I was given the option of creating
> user accounts with usernames and passwords, but declined to do so. After
> the install I rebooted and was prompted for a username and password.
> Since I didn't create a username, nothing seemed to work. I tried admin,
> administrator, my password, nothing, and fu. Nothing seems to work. Is
> there anything I can do besides reinstalling completely? Tx, Heinz.
As has already been said, the root username is root.
However, unless you have a particular reason, you really don't want to
login as root all the time and you should create a user for yourself. It
is far too easy to break things if you are running as root.
Regards,
Ben
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