Debian distro asks me for username and password and again ad nauseam

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I'm a newbe to linux and once very addicted to the Windows OS since
20 years... I tried to make my initiation in Linux and searched deeply
for an acceptable user-friendly option (download live cds of Linux mmint9,
Open Suse, Debian Educational KDE 4.0 and did not felt very convinced:
mounting my hd partitions was a metaphisical pitfall. Gave up and then,
a friend referred PC OS 10.xx ubuntu-beOS mongrel but very friendly he
said. Downloaded the huge iso live-CD. Booted up and everything went
smoothly or so it seemed until a box asked me for my username which i
introduced and following asked for my password (i found it stupid since I
was running the distro from the previously burned in my cdrom but i complied and attributed one of my usual passwords + Enter; but it kept
repeating the same demands, repeating ad nauseam until i got so frustrated that entered the shutdown command witjhout even having had
the opportunity to peer over the first desktop window. That was such a stupid scene that i decided to ask for help -- not in the pc os site because their demands in the registration protocol were so outraging invasive of my privacy that i had to repeat what is turning to my average
attitude toward this weird world of LinuxOS...
Would someone have the patience to clarify the above described events?
Thanking for the possible attention,
HN


 
Only about 10% made any sense.

What distrobution are you using? Please clarify if you are having troubles booting into the Live CD, or after installing to harddrive your password does not work.
 

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I don't know why you found mounting partitions painful in Mint. You just click on it, and it mounts. Debian will not do this for you without asking for a password as it is configured to mount partitions under the root user account, which means it must get you to elevate your permissions to those of root via the password authentication. Mint and other "easy" distros typically automount partitions under the current user, and since you're already logged in you don't need to authenticate.

I am still struggling to get my head around what the second half of your post is referring to. For starters, the Live CD normally runs under an account other than root as well, which means it will still require authentication. I don't think you need a password for Ubuntu's Live CD though.
 

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Thanks ijack although i do not see a shred of logic in the appropriateness
and possible effectiveness of your suggestion above, i will try it and if it
works will report back.
Regards.
 

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Clarifying in order to spare your struggling efforts "ramdomizer":
1.Stand corrected about mounting issue: my fault due to sheer ignorance.
2. PC OS: - Downloaded .iso of last version (10.xx); burned it and booted
it in my rig with no problems; after a while loading a) in the monitor a box
with a blank field asking for Username - typed it; then B) appeared same box asking for Password - typed one; then a) i repeated, then b); then a) i confirmed the first and second infos; then b) and i confirmed bla...bla;
then, following: a) and after typed in+ Enter, appeared b).
And now calculate, if you will, how many more times would have to be repeated until a willing-to-be-newbe-inLINUX would feel utterly frustrated because the main window of the version (Gnome or KDE or
whatever...) would not open until the initial box query [a) and b) was duly complied.
Is thishere report clear enough for you, now?!
Regards.
with.
 

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Hi skittle,
It seems to me i recall your nich from other fora... Never mind that now.
Answering your query:
I gave up my first intended version of PC OS (which i was said joined the
graces of Ubuntu and akinnes of BeOS to multimedia (a personal hobby of
mine) because of my already described (in this thread) frustrations and
after seeking for help in PC OS site and having not been patient to fulfill
all their privacy invading demands as per personal registration...
I installed Lmint9 again and am hopping to be able to face all the finnickinesses it may produce before my ignorant and impatient eyes: an
heroic task as i average it that i hope with a little friendly help be able to handle.
Regards.