Re: Root username

[Sean Middleditch <elanthis awesomeplay com>]

The root username is rather obviously 'root'.  You generally don't ever
change the name of the root account, since that will break a lot of
software which looks for the root user account by name.

On Thu, 2002-12-05 at 10:56, Heinz Windzio wrote:
> Hi,
>   This isn't technically gnome-specific, but  bear with me...
> 
> I just purchased RedHat 8 and installed successfully. However, at no
> time did the install prompt me for a root username- only a root
> password. So, I created a password. I was given the option of creating
> user accounts with usernames and passwords, but declined to do so. After
> the install I rebooted and was prompted for a username and password.
> Since I didn't create a username, nothing seemed to work. I tried admin,
> administrator, my password, nothing, and fu. Nothing seems to work. Is
> there anything I can do besides reinstalling completely? Tx, Heinz.
> 
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> Heinz Windzio
> Support Engineer
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