Default Username/Password

[Mallikarjuna Rao]

I'm able to create a user!. Thanks a lot.

On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 8:24 PM, steve <sfreilly at roadrunner.com> wrote:
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> Mallikarjuna Rao wrote:
>> Hi All,
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>> I have installed ubuntu-8.04.1-desktop-i386.iso in my windows machine, I
>> have vista already installed. I'm able install linux in windows. During
>> installation no where i was asked for creating username and password.
>> But when i tried booting my machine with ubuntu-linux its asking for
>> username and password. I'm not able to understand what went wrong.
>> Please help me out on how to resolve this issue (without reinstalling
>> linux).
>>
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>> Thanks & Regards,
>> Mallik
>>
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> no explanation as to why you werent asked for a username or password,
> maybe you forgot? but heres how to correct it.
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> boot to the grub screen, watch closely, you will have to press escape
> key to get there.  choose recovery kernel.  in the menu, choose drop to
> root shell.  use the command useradd followed by the username you want
> to add.  then the command passwd followed by the username you just
> created to create the password.  reboot, and login.
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Thanks & Regards,
Mallik