old redhat (7.0) won't let me log in

Sean McIlroy

hi all

i just installed redhat 7.0 on my old computer and it won't let me
login. when i type the password no characters appear: is that normal?
anyway, is there a fix for this or should i just throw the computer
away? any help would be very much appreciated.

peace
stm

ynotssor

In news:d8c78dba-4510-4a51-9424-a048b8a6bafe@s19g2000prg.googlegroups.com,
Sean McIlroy <sean_mcilroy***********> wrote:

> anyway, is there a fix for this or should i just throw the computer
> away? any help would be very much appreciated.

May I have the computer, please?

Dan Espen

Sean McIlroy <sean_mcilroy***********> writes:

> hi all
>
> i just installed redhat 7.0 on my old computer and it won't let me
> login. when i type the password no characters appear: is that normal?
> anyway, is there a fix for this or should i just throw the computer
> away? any help would be very much appreciated.

No characters being echoed is normal.

Redhat 7.0, not such a good idea.

If you insist, boot from a CD like knoppix,
mount the hard disk in read/write mode and fix /etc/passwd.

You should be able to find details with Google.

General Schvantzkopf

On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 16:53:35 -0800, Sean McIlroy wrote:

> hi all
>
> i just installed redhat 7.0 on my old computer and it won't let me
> login. when i type the password no characters appear: is that normal?
> anyway, is there a fix for this or should i just throw the computer
> away? any help would be very much appreciated.
>
> peace
> stm

Don't use RH7 it's dreadfully obsolete, unsupported, and was a mess when
it was new. The last release of that series, 7.3, was pretty good for
it's time but that time passed a long time ago. Install Fedora 7 instead.
If you are light on memory then use one of the lightweight Windows
managers instead of Gnome.

Robert

On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 08:52:01 -0600, General Schvantzkopf wrote:

> On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 16:53:35 -0800, Sean McIlroy wrote:
>
>> hi all
>>
>> i just installed redhat 7.0 on my old computer and it won't let me
>> login. when i type the password no characters appear: is that normal?
>> anyway, is there a fix for this or should i just throw the computer
>> away? any help would be very much appreciated.
>>
>> peace
>> stm
>
> Don't use RH7 it's dreadfully obsolete, unsupported, and was a mess when
> it was new. The last release of that series, 7.3, was pretty good for
> it's time but that time passed a long time ago. Install Fedora 7 instead.
> If you are light on memory then use one of the lightweight Windows
> managers instead of Gnome.

STOP!!

Why them the user to install something that requires updating every
~18 months? Why use bleeding edge when you could have a RedHat system?

Use CentOS! It is free and is the same as RedHat without the copy writes.

http://www.centos.org


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Robert

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Unruh

General Schvantzkopf <schvantzkopf***********> writes:

>On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 16:53:35 -0800, Sean McIlroy wrote:

>> hi all
>>
>> i just installed redhat 7.0 on my old computer and it won't let me
>> login. when i type the password no characters appear: is that normal?

I suspect that this is a troll, but in case it is not, yes, that is normal.
A password should be secret and typing it on the screen for all passersby
to read is certainly not secret.

>> anyway, is there a fix for this or should i just throw the computer

Fix for what? Your lack of knowledge will not be fixed by throwing away the
computer. If there is some other problem stating it here might help find an
answer.
And the comment below that redhat 7.0 is seriously out of date is a good
one.


>> away? any help would be very much appreciated.
>>
>> peace
>> stm

>Don't use RH7 it's dreadfully obsolete, unsupported, and was a mess when
>it was new. The last release of that series, 7.3, was pretty good for
>it's time but that time passed a long time ago. Install Fedora 7 instead.
>If you are light on memory then use one of the lightweight Windows
>managers instead of Gnome.

Unruh

Robert <noone@noplace.nowhere> writes:

>On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 08:52:01 -0600, General Schvantzkopf wrote:

>> On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 16:53:35 -0800, Sean McIlroy wrote:
>>
>>> hi all
>>>
>>> i just installed redhat 7.0 on my old computer and it won't let me
>>> login. when i type the password no characters appear: is that normal?
>>> anyway, is there a fix for this or should i just throw the computer
>>> away? any help would be very much appreciated.
>>>
>>> peace
>>> stm
>>
>> Don't use RH7 it's dreadfully obsolete, unsupported, and was a mess when
>> it was new. The last release of that series, 7.3, was pretty good for
>> it's time but that time passed a long time ago. Install Fedora 7 instead.
>> If you are light on memory then use one of the lightweight Windows
>> managers instead of Gnome.

>STOP!!

>Why them the user to install something that requires updating every
>~18 months? Why use bleeding edge when you could have a RedHat system?

>Use CentOS! It is free and is the same as RedHat without the copy writes.

Centos also requires updateing more than every 18 months.

>http://www.centos.org

Robert

On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 18:08:28 +0000, Unruh wrote:

> Robert <noone@noplace.nowhere> writes:
>
>>On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 08:52:01 -0600, General Schvantzkopf wrote:
>
>>> On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 16:53:35 -0800, Sean McIlroy wrote:
>>>
>>>> hi all
>>>>
>>>> i just installed redhat 7.0 on my old computer and it won't let me
>>>> login. when i type the password no characters appear: is that normal?
>>>> anyway, is there a fix for this or should i just throw the computer
>>>> away? any help would be very much appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> peace
>>>> stm
>>>
>>> Don't use RH7 it's dreadfully obsolete, unsupported, and was a mess when
>>> it was new. The last release of that series, 7.3, was pretty good for
>>> it's time but that time passed a long time ago. Install Fedora 7 instead.
>>> If you are light on memory then use one of the lightweight Windows
>>> managers instead of Gnome.
>
>>STOP!!
>
>>Why them the user to install something that requires updating every
>>~18 months? Why use bleeding edge when you could have a RedHat system?
>
>>Use CentOS! It is free and is the same as RedHat without the copy writes.
>
> Centos also requires updateing more than every 18 months.
>
>>http://www.centos.org

Wrong wording, sorry. How about supported then. After ~18 months you
have a couple of choices. Upgrade to the next version of FC or
reconfigure your repos to use other repos.

Besides FC is good for testing the latest bleeding edge stuff but if you
want stability then go with CentOS.

CentOS will be supported long after the current version of FC has died.


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Regards
Robert

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General Schvantzkopf

On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 19:18:06 -0500, Robert wrote:

> On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 18:08:28 +0000, Unruh wrote:
>
>> Robert <noone@noplace.nowhere> writes:
>>
>>>On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 08:52:01 -0600, General Schvantzkopf wrote:
>>
>>>> On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 16:53:35 -0800, Sean McIlroy wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> hi all
>>>>>
>>>>> i just installed redhat 7.0 on my old computer and it won't let me
>>>>> login. when i type the password no characters appear: is that
>>>>> normal? anyway, is there a fix for this or should i just throw the
>>>>> computer away? any help would be very much appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>> peace
>>>>> stm
>>>>
>>>> Don't use RH7 it's dreadfully obsolete, unsupported, and was a mess
>>>> when it was new. The last release of that series, 7.3, was pretty
>>>> good for it's time but that time passed a long time ago. Install
>>>> Fedora 7 instead. If you are light on memory then use one of the
>>>> lightweight Windows managers instead of Gnome.
>>
>>>STOP!!
>>
>>>Why them the user to install something that requires updating every ~18
>>>months? Why use bleeding edge when you could have a RedHat system?
>>
>>>Use CentOS! It is free and is the same as RedHat without the copy
>>>writes.
>>
>> Centos also requires updateing more than every 18 months.
>>
>>>http://www.centos.org
>
> Wrong wording, sorry. How about supported then. After ~18 months you
> have a couple of choices. Upgrade to the next version of FC or
> reconfigure your repos to use other repos.
>
> Besides FC is good for testing the latest bleeding edge stuff but if you
> want stability then go with CentOS.
>
> CentOS will be supported long after the current version of FC has died.

I use both Fedora and CentOS. I use Fedora for my desktops and I
sometimes use CentOS on my servers (assuming the hardware is old enough
that the obsolete kernel that RH uses in RHEL isn't a problem). Linux
desktops are improving at such a fast rate that CentOS always feel
incredibly dated compared to Fedora. However a new release of Fedora can
sometimes be pretty buggy for a few months. F7 was pretty usable right
out of the shoot and it's very good now that it's mature. F8 is the
buggiest release that they've done in a long time, it also looks like the
most promising release in a long time but I'd recommend waiting at least
another month before using it.

Ubuntu would be a compromise. They are more conservative than Fedora but
less so than CentOS.