Re: getting into linux for the first time.

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From: Steven Blunt
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 00:00

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Type your username in all caps and it turns case sensitivity off.

On Wed, 13 Jan 1999 23:01:55 +1100, in aus.computers.linux "Roger Cooper"
<rogerco@ozemail.com.au> wrote:

>Linux like all Unix is case sensitive could you be getting the case of the
>password wrong?
>
>Regards Roger
>
>Fred Ritman wrote in message <36992200.4B4449CD@ozemail.com.au>...
>>I have just installed linux 4.2 and am a bit new to this.  During the
>>installation, I was asked for a root password and supplied one, but when
>>I get the login prompt and try to login as root and password as the
>>password I supplied during installation I get Login incorrect.
>>sometimes I get a prompt called localhost login:
>>
>>If anybody has any ideas on how to fix this, I would love to hear from
>>you,
>>
>>Regards
>>
>>Fred
>>
>>
>


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Steven Blunt
spblunt@ozemail.com.au
http://enterfornone.simplenet.com/

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