root at localhost

[Wong Kwok-hon]

On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 09:32:06 -0700, Doug Carter <dscinland at hotmail.com> wrote:
>  
> This is my first try with Fedora Core or Linux for that mater. 
> I started with a clean Hard drive. The Media check druing install passed the
> disc I had downloaded and burned. I selected ,Personal Desk Top, Auto
> Partion, and the Minimal package group (I've only downloaded the first
> disc-FC3-i386-disc1.iso ) 
> Everything loaded fine, on the first boot after install all the lines had a
> [ OK  ] at the end of them. 
>   
> Now this is my probem; 
> The screen comes up looking like I've shown below in comand line form. 
>   
>   
> Fedora Core release 3 (Heidelberg) 
> Kernel 2.6.9-1.667 on an i686 
>   
> localhost login:            (I put "root" here ) 
> Password:                  (I put the password I'd used during installation
> here) 
> [root at localhost ~]#     ( this is what comes up) 
>   
>   
> What do I do from here? 
> nothing I've tried will get me any farther. 
> I've read through the manuals and can not find any help for this problem 
>   
> Doug Carter 

And also it is a default to reject to login in remote in using root.
So I think u login in local.... U should create a normal user for
yourself like redhat 9....

Thanks...

Ringo