On Thu, 27 May 1999, Taber 4303714 Salim wrote:
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> Hello everyone,
>
> This is the very first time I have installed Linux. I have Red Hat 6.
> I came as far the first booting and everything looks fine intill I get the
> 'localhost login' promp.
>
> No where during the installation was I asked for a local host name.
> None of the 3 books I have mention that as well. Is this something new to RH6?
> What am I supposed to type at the prompt?
>
> Thanx so much.
>
> Sam
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localhost is the default name of your machine until you do not give a
different one. What you have to type is your login: the first time will be
the root one (for which you have set the passwd during the installation),
then you WILL create other users using adduser <username> and passwd
<username>
Cowo
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