I have just gone through the new install process (3 times) and all seems to have gone well except when I take out the iso disc and reboot (having set the BIOS to boot from the hard drive) I am asked for my host login and password. I have the password OK as I do remember setting it during the config stage, but I don't remember setting a myhost name. I have tried leaving it blank and inserting the password but that doesn't work. Any ideas? I have looked through the instructions a few times and get no clues. Grant McDuling Writer http://www.amazon.com/Grant-McDuling/e/B004UTH35M
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I have just gone through the new install process (3 times) and all seems to have gone well except when I take out the iso disc and reboot (having set the BIOS to boot from the hard drive) I am asked for my host login and password. I have the password OK as I do remember setting it during the config stage, but I don't remember setting a myhost name. I have tried leaving it blank and inserting the password but that doesn't work. Any ideas? I have looked through the instructions a few times and get no clues.
Grant McDuling Writer
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Hey Grant, The username matching the password you configured during installation is 'root'. The 'my host' part of 'my host login' refers to the hostname of the machine (configured in /etc/rc.conf). cheers, Koen On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 11:04:10 +1000, Grant McDuling <mcduling@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
I have just gone through the new install process (3 times) and all seems to have gone well except when I take out the iso disc and reboot (having set the BIOS to boot from the hard drive) I am asked for my host login and password. I have the password OK as I do remember setting it during the config stage, but I don't remember setting a myhost name. I have tried leaving it blank and inserting the password but that doesn't work. Any ideas? I have looked through the instructions a few times and get no clues.
Grant McDuling Writer
-----Original Message----- From: arch-general-bounces@archlinux.org on behalf of Koen Wilde Sent: Fri 12/9/2011 02:13 To: Grant McDuling; General Discussion about Arch Linux Subject: Re: [arch-general] myhost login Hey Grant, The username matching the password you configured during installation is 'root'. The 'my host' part of 'my host login' refers to the hostname of the machine (configured in /etc/rc.conf). cheers, Koen +++ More precise: 'root' on Linux always is the name of the admin. You still need to add a user, since it's not very smart to run some apps with root permissions. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Users_and_Groups Dunno if a user is automatically add, if you install a desktop environment, since I'm lazy and just made the basic install.If not you should add a user manually. - Ralf
On 09/12/11 06:50, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: arch-general-bounces@archlinux.org on behalf of Koen Wilde Sent: Fri 12/9/2011 02:13 To: Grant McDuling; General Discussion about Arch Linux Subject: Re: [arch-general] myhost login
Hey Grant,
The username matching the password you configured during installation is 'root'. The 'my host' part of 'my host login' refers to the hostname of the machine (configured in /etc/rc.conf).
cheers, Koen
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More precise: 'root' on Linux always is the name of the admin. You still need to add a user, since it's not very smart to run some apps with root permissions.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Users_and_Groups
Dunno if a user is automatically add, if you install a desktop environment, since I'm lazy and just made the basic install.If not you should add a user manually.
- Ralf
You should always create a user manual and add the right groups. -- Jelle van der Waa
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