I have just installed Debian 6 but I cannot recall what my log on name is. I know the password ok.
So how can I find my log in name please?
Peter
Andy Smith
from United Kingdom
If you boot and at the grub part choose rescue mode, or else edit the kernel command line to have init=/bin/sh, then it should boot directly to a root prompt without asking for user name and password. you can then look in /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow to see what the user name is.
By default it uses what ever you put in as your first name for the username. For example, if I entered “Bob Smith” as my full name, then my username would be “bob” (lowercase).