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Logging into Red Hat 7.3 problem

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MainFramed

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I just installed Linux Red Hat 7.3 and the install went great. the only problem is that i cant login. it keeps telling me that my autherazation has failed. When i login i use administrator in the box that says login then my psswrd in the psswrd section. what am i doing wrong? anyone got ideas?
 
the problem here is that you didnt pay attention during the install. re-install and PLEASE for the love of god, READ everything it tells you!
 
I'd go one step further than what BingBongWongFooey is telling you to do. I'd leave the OS alone for a day. Go to Redhat's site and read through the doc's. Then, when you feel confident, then do the next sensible thing, install it again and pay more attention.

Linux isn't an operating system that you can install and then learn like Windows.
 
First off, you need to do what both of the previous posters told you to do, and that is, RTFM! (aka, Read The Fine Manual). Anyway, you log in for full access under the account named "root" not "Administrator". Also, note that usernames, as most other things in Linux, are case sensitive. "Root" is not the same thing as "root".
 
Now, now everyone. He's a Linux-newb.

If logging in from the command line, type:

root

then the root password when prompted.

And like everyone else says, read the docs. It's a good idea [mandatory actually] to set up a user account for yourself so root doesn't become hosed.
 
Originally posted by: burnedout
Now, now everyone. He's a Linux-newb.

If logging in from the command line, type:

root

then the root password when prompted.

And like everyone else says, read the docs. It's a good idea [mandatory actually] to set up a user account for yourself so root doesn't become hosed.
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figure out what you're doing first. i'm not being a dick, its for your own good. you'll never learn by not paying attention.
 
It's actually sound advice. I just installed Debian for the more-or-less first time this weekend, and if I hadn't read that I'd need to install bf2.4 then I'd be in a world of hurt right now. Just thought an example would help articulate this point 😉
 
Originally posted by: TheOmegaCode
It's actually sound advice. I just installed Debian for the more-or-less first time this weekend, and if I hadn't read that I'd need to install bf2.4 then I'd be in a world of hurt right now. Just thought an example would help articulate this point 😉
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i missed the bf2.4 thing myself. i was told you got a 2.4 kernel. choice of ext3/reiser and some other neat stuff, and i end up getting the EXACT same installer as fricken potato. then i read a little bit and figured it out 😛

READ READ READ!! every educated person got to where they are by reading.
 
i did read all the docs and everything in the install, when i got to the root (administrator) password area in the install i read it wrong. it was saying that in Linux there is always a root user (administrator)...i took it as the root user was "administrator and tried loging in that way, not relizing that root was the actualt loging name. sorry bout that, and thanks for you guys help ! 🙂 it did work when i loged in under root. 😀
 
Originally posted by: here4amission
i did read all the docs and everything in the install, when i got to the root (administrator) password area in the install i read it wrong. it was saying that in Linux there is always a root user (administrator)...i took it as the root user was "administrator and tried loging in that way, not relizing that root was the actualt loging name. sorry bout that, and thanks for you guys help ! 🙂 it did work when i loged in under root. 😀
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Now you have to learn to not use root 😉 Add another user acct and only use root when it's necessary... It's worth it. There are two big problems with root; it has too much control over vital resources, and there are root exploits.

Examples, install x-wrapper so that you don't log into X as root, add an audio group and give it read/write access to /dev/dsp and /dev/mixer, etc...
 
Originally posted by: here4amission
where would i get x-wrapper...that way i can install it?
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I don't know if Linux uses wrapper (/usr/ports/x11/wrapper) for FreeBSD. If it does, it's probably already installed, or something like it.
 
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