UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi all

I hope someone can help me with this and I hope my explanation sounds right I'm telnetting to a free shell account and I've been told that I need to change user from guest to the user they've set up for me.

I've tried rlogin username, su username, su - username, login username, login - username, etc. and I can't get anything to work. The username I'm trying to change to doesn't have a password set.

I've had the account setup to help me learn Unix but I'm not being given any technical support. I've searched through Google for help and I'm a bit lost really.

I hope that all makes sense. Thankyou

hellz - the *nix newbie from Hell.

in "most" cases it is login in with the nick(login name) you got. and then if they ask for a password just hit enter. You can also have a default password what they give to all new users or a stupid random password but then you must have recieved a mail. if you su to a user without a password it should not ask for a password.

Hi mate,

Thanks for the reply All I was told was to telnet to the server and it automatically logs you in as Guest. Then from there I have to change to my username (which is hellz.) but I just can't seem to do it.

I'm positive there's no password on the account because in the /etc/passwd file there is no *.

Again, thanks for the reply.

hellz.