7.10 livecd asks username/password

[प्रबीण ( ओपन ठिटो )]

I was surprised.... i booted the love cd of new ubuntu where it asks
for username and password..... what the hell........

First time encountered such thing in livecd. non attempt made me get in......

user: ubuntu
passwd:"blank" ???? as said in ubuntu forum but no... i was not able to log in

any suggestions?????

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[nepbabu]

On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 12:00:21PM +0545, प्रबीण ( ओपन ठिटो ) wrote:
> I was surprised.... i booted the love cd of new ubuntu where it asks
> for username and password..... what the hell........
>
> First time encountered such thing in livecd. non attempt made me get in......
>
> user: ubuntu
> passwd:"blank" ???? as said in ubuntu forum but no... i was not able to log in

Try this - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2005-October/052872.html

Also, https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xubuntu-devel/2006-April/001050.html mentions -
<quote>
- Once I get to Login-screen, I'm unable to guess right username/password combination. I use Ctrl-Alt-F1, "cat /etc/passwd", Ctrl-Alt-F7 to see that I need to login as "ubuntu" with no password.
- XFCE starts without problems.
</quote>

See how it goes Prabin.
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