1.3. Logging In
The next step to using your Red Hat Linux system is to log in. When you log in, you are introducing yourself to the system (also called authentication). If you type the wrong user name or password, you will not be allowed access to your system.
access files or services than others.
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Red Hat Linux applications and files are case sensitive, which means that typing root refers to a different account than Root. By default, root refers to the root user (also known as the superuser), or system administrator. |
If you have already created and logged in to a user account, you can skip ahead to Chapter 2 Using the Graphical Desktop. If you created only the root account, refer to Section 1.6 Creating a User Account to learn how to set up a user account.
If you did not create a user account using the Setup Agent
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the root account is allowed to do anything on the system. You can easily damage your system by accidentally deleting or modifying sensitive system files. You may be tempted to forego creating and using a user account during or after installation, but it is not recommended. |
1.3.1. Graphical Login
When your system has booted, a graphical login screen is displayed as shown in Figure 1-8. Again, unless you have chosen to give your machine its own hostname, which is primarily used in a network setting, your machine will probably be called localhost.
To log in as root from the graphical login screen, type
root at the login prompt, press
Logging in from the graphical login screen automatically starts the graphical desktop for you.
1.3.2. Virtual Console Login
booting your system:
Red Hat Linux release 9 Kernel 2.4.18-14 on an i686 localhost login: |
Unless you have chosen to give your machine its own hostname, which is primarily used in a network setting, your machine will probably be called localhost.localdomain.
To log in as root from the console, type root
at the login prompt, press
After logging in, you can type the command startx to start the graphical desktop.
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