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75528	2002-09-01 10:02:00	Hello out there, Have a small problemo, I installed a copy of Linux, Mandrake 8.1 and I done somthing that could only make me log on as "root" bad bad boy. I log on so: "root" enter "adduser" enter "xdm" enter then a screen appears so I can enter a user name and password, or I type "root' enter and no password and then enter and I'm in. Now I can log on to Linux, Mandrake 8.1 this way the only way I can: "Localhost login:" I type root then press enter I then type "adduser" press enter Next I type "xdm" press enter I then get a user name and password screen, I type "a user name" tab or enter I then type a password and I'm in as a non-privlaged user. What I need to know is this usual way to log into Linux. I know it gets me there and probally will do until I get my hands on Mandrake 8.2, seeing as I managed to download the user manual for 8.2. Tried to configure the modem for the internet, but keep comming up with "modem busy". I know my modem is connected to com3, cause I checked in win-blows. My Computer Specs: HP Pavilion 6700 Win-blows ME Intel Celeron Processor 600 MHz 15 gig Hdd 192 Mb Ram Conexant OCI Modem HDD partitioned thus: C: HP Pav 6.5MB LinuxSwap 2.045MB LinuxExt2 5.7MB Thanxz cece	cece (1703)
75529	2002-09-01 11:09:00	I have read your post several times and I am confused! As far as I know you cannot create a root account with no password! You have to have a password to authenicate. Once you are in as root, you can use useradd (I think this is a newer command than useradd) to create a new account - say user1. The system will prompt you for a password. Exit out of the root account and login with user1 as your user name and the password you just set. John	JohnD (509)
75530	2002-09-01 11:12:00	I meant useradd is a newer command than adduser!	JohnD (509)
75531	2002-09-01 11:40:00	John, I can log in as root an no password. Thats what I can't understand, how the hell I done it. When you first login I get a DOS prompt which asks ... "Localhost login:" I type the login name -- "root" -- and press the enter button. Next a prompt appears and asks ... "Password:" I type the password required to login as "root" -- in my case "adduser" -- and press the enter button. I then type "xdm" and press the enter button. Then a screen appears after a couple of seconds asking for a user name and password... To login in as root I type rot for the user name and press the enter button, I then press the enter button without typing a password and I'm intp gnome 1.4 as root. If I logout then I get the same screen again and I can login as 3 different people, I had set that up earlier. When I logged in and got to adduser I typed adduserdrake instead of adduser and got to a screen that I could add new accounts. I no this is confusing but its damn confusing for me to, cause I'm basically playing here. But anyway like I said earlier I'll keep this version until I can get 8.2, cause this version I'am sure is screwed up. cheers cece	cece (1703)
75532	2002-09-01 12:12:00	Got you! adduser is your password. Instead of using xdm try using startx. This will avoid the extra login I think (I never use the xdm command).	JohnD (509)
75533	2002-09-02 04:46:00	It is obviously possible to install without a root password. The restriction was put in only in later versions of the install scripts. Give root a password imediately. After logging on as root without a password, type "passwd". That will give you that protection. Then "useradd" to make an ordinary user.	Graham L (2)
75534	2002-09-02 06:28:00	I've just reinstalled Mandrake 8.1 this afternoon. In the installation when it asks for a root password it also offers a "No Password" button that can be pressed to set no root password, and this would allow you to install linux without a root password. Mike.	Mike (15)
75535	2002-09-02 06:41:00	... and paging down, I missed your second posting, cece. You have got a password on root. But change it -- it's an accidental one. Use passwd to do that.	Graham L (2)
75536	2002-09-02 11:07:00	Hello Graham L, And thanxz to all that posted a reply, What I have now done is this: Downloaded the user manual for mandrake 8.2. (Took about an hour). Now all I need is a copy of Mandrake 8.2, cause this one is scewed up something terible. Like I can sometimes logout and the next time the damn thing just locks up or freezes, and cannot do a bloody thing with it, the same thing happens with reboot and Halt (Shutdown). I know the modem is on com3 but every time I try to confiqure it it comes up with "Modem is busy) strange and somthing is also happening with trying to confiqure the printer. cheers cece	cece (1703)
75537	2002-09-03 04:17:00	> Next I type "xdm" press enter > I then get a user name and password screen, I type "a > user name" tab or enter I then type a password and > I'm in as a non-privlaged user. > > What I need to know is this usual way to log into > Linux. So what are you asking here? do you want to have xdm start up automatically for you to log in with? if so then there could be a few reasons why its not.. first of all try logging in as root into the console and typing init 5 if this starts xdm for you automatically then you can either edit /etc/inittab and tell it to default to runlevel 5 or just type linux 5 at the lilo: or grub prompt when your computer is booting.	ctonks (746)
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