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by c.jones Accepted solution
by boxfiddler Accepted solution
whatever you assigned those fields during the setup process.
If Mandriva installs anything like Fedora, Ubuntu, and Mint then during the install process you were asked for a username and password. If you didn't write that down temporarily and/or can't remember what you chose for those fields, you may well have to start from scratch.
Others here who are more experienced with Linux may be better able to help you, however. If you don't get any other anwers, repost to this thread to 'bump' it back into view.
edit to add: Using all caps in considered yelling and rather impolite in electronic communication land. Try to lower your voice next time? ;)
by seanferd Accepted solution
just hit Enter, as the name and password are blank.
If that does not work, there is probably a default password for the root account, which you can find out from your documentation (on the CD or on the web).
by seanferd Accepted solution
Name & password are:
guest & guest
root & root
(administrator access) [admin is root in unix systems]
by boxfiddler Accepted solution
by seanferd Accepted solution
if any will allow blank fields or not, but I thought I remembered it. Of course, you have no authority in that case (but maybe you can still su to root).
Some of the live distros and installs automatically give a default password, though, which definitely needs to be reset for the root account for an installation. A lot of them are just 'root' or 'guest'.
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