Jimmy, as I read what you're saying, you're putting the password you
entered in at the "localhost login: " prompt. If that's the case, you
_really_ need to read and follow whatever book/etc came with the cdrom
you installed from. What you probably created is the "root" account,
you're being asked to enter the account name "root". Afterwards you'll
be asked for the account password. Assuming you entered "a1b2c3d4" as
the password, you'd type:
localhost login: root
Password: a1b2c3d4
and be in. As soon as you can, you'll need to setup a "user" account
for
yourself. Security reasons and self destruction of your new linux
install
will follow from using the root account unnecessarily.
root has absolute power in the unix/linux world. You can commit system
suicide, and it will not only _NOT_ stop you, it'll assist in the
destruction. A lot of learning in all this, but it's fun & worth it.
A last note: when you get a chance, upgrade. Red Hat is now up to 6.1,
with 6.2 going into final, public, testing & evaluation. There have
been a lot of improvements. For example, the new rp3 utility is pretty
solid; on two separate machines getting setup for my ISP was even
simpler
than under Windows. There are also security issues with 5.1 that have
been addressed with both upgrades to 5.1 and in the later releases.
best
rickf
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> I just finished installing Red Hat 5.1.
> The computer has rebooted and it is asking for
> "localhost login:".
> In the installation process, earlier it asked me for a login and
> password. I tried using the password at the "localhost login:"
> prompt, but the system wants another password.
> The "localhost login:" prompt just keeps coming back for the correct
> login.
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