-----Original Message----- From: arch-general-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Koen Wilde Sent: Fri 12/9/2011 02:13 To: Grant McDuling; General Discussion about Arch Linux Subject: Re: myhost login Hey Grant, The username matching the password you configured during installation is 'root'. The 'my host' part of 'my host login' refers to the hostname of the machine (configured in /etc/rc.conf). cheers, Koen +++ More precise: 'root' on Linux always is the name of the admin. You still need to add a user, since it's not very smart to run some apps with root permissions. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Users_and_Groups Dunno if a user is automatically add, if you install a desktop environment, since I'm lazy and just made the basic install.If not you should add a user manually. - Ralf