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2 Type in the password you
chose during installation
and press Enter.
LOG IN
1 Type in the login
username you created
during installation and
press Enter.
Log Into/Out of the System for the First Time
A
fter you have completed the initial installation,
you should get in and take a look around your
fresh Ubuntu Linux system.
When Ubuntu first boots up, it brings up the login screen.
You will need to provide the login and password you used
during installation in order to gain access to the system.
A couple options present themselves to you on this first
screen. From the Options menu, you can select a different
language to use during your session. You may also select
from a variety of options for starting your session. Most of
these explicitly say to only use them if you are unable for
some reason to log in any other way, and a couple have
some additional utility. One of the options is the ability to
log into other machines with the secure shell (SSH)
protocol. Although this sounds very useful, it is limited to
only users who have an account on the local machine.
Another useful option is the ability to connect to remote
machines that are running XDMCP. XDMCP is a protocol
for establishing remote X11 connections. The host
computer, not the one you are using, broadcasts its
availability on the network, and typically, dedicated X
terminals see these broadcasts and allow you to select
from an available host and initiate a login. Then the X11
session is directed to this X terminal as if the session
were running on the console of the host. Using this
option on Ubuntu allows an Ubuntu desktop to be used
just like a dedicated X terminal.
Other options are pretty much standard login screen types
of operations. These include restarting or shutting down
the machine, along with sending the machine into either
hibernation or suspend (standby) modes.
Log Into/Out of the
System for the First Time
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