Login prompt - what should I do next?
Support knowledgebase (cep_login)
Applies to
SuSE Linux: All versions
Symptom:
Welcome to SuSE Linux ?.? - Kernel ?.?.?? (tty1)
???????? login:
appears. What now ? (The question marks in the uppermost line represent
version numbers, those in the line below a name (might be (none)
).
Cause:
Linux is a modern multiuser system. An important part of
the security concept is the distinction between different users.
In order to achieve such a distinction, users must login to the system.
By logging into the system, the user gets the right to access (only)
his data. In order to ensure, that the user doesn't log on with a wrong
user id (and destroys willingly or by chance somone elses data), a password is
required.
There is one user with higher privileges. He has the right to change all
system settings and administers the user accounts. This user is called
root. His account is created automatically during the installation.
Please ensure, that you don't forget the pasword assigned to root.
No user except for the system administrator is allowed to logon as root.
The usage of the root account should be limited to system administration
tasks. Any other work in the system should be done under another account.
During the installation it is being offered to create a "sample user". His
login name (short : "login") is then available after the installation.
Solution:
- After the line
???????? login:
appears,
- the login name must be entered, followed
Return
. If no sample user was defined,
there will only be the user root.
- After
Password:
- enter your password, followed by
Return
.
- If root or the sample user didn't get a password during the installation,
obviously no password must be entered.
- In this case simply press
Return
when Passwort:
appears.
See also:
Logging in as root remotely
root cannot execute certain programs?
Root and security, login in over the net
Keywords: LOGIN, INSTALLATION, ROOT, PROMPT, LOGINPROMPT
Categories:
Knowhow
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