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Getting Started with HP-UX

5-4

Respond to the “login:” prompt by entering your username. If you type in the user-

name alice, you see a screen similar to Figure 5-2.

You must identify yourself to HP-UX by entering your username at the login

prompt. Ask your system administrator to assign you a username.

If you are the system administrator, you already have a username, root. But you

should also create a new user account for yourself to use when you are not doing

system administrative tasks. Refer to “Creating New User Accounts” for more in-

formation.

If you make a typing mistake, press < Return >. If the “Password:” prompt dis-

plays, then press < Return > again. The “login:” prompt will return after display-

ing error messages. You cannot use < Back space > to correct typing mistakes

while you log in, you may use either the “#” or “@” keys as backspace keys. Then,

re-enter your username.