problem with password request for insalation

Hi all,

Sorry if this is a repeat question but I am a complete newbee.

I have tried to install AVG (I made sure it is the version for linux) but as soon as I download and click open to install I get asked for my password. I put in the password but it just asks again...I have tried both upper and lower case, and I know it is the correct password.

I checked that it is the right password by restarting and hitting F2 and entering the set up place thingy (see I told you I am new to this).

What am I doing wrong please...and do I actually need to add a virus scanner and or firewall to my machine in the first place?

Nenu

 

The BIOS (that "F2 thingy" ) password has nothing to do with the password your operating system, be it Linux, Windows or a more exotic flavour uses. The password AVG wants is either the root or the user password, which you should have entered during your first start-up.

If you bought a One that was pre-configured you will have to change it. Fortunately the security settings Acer has decided to use are .. well.. pathetic, so this is easy

Open up a terminal and type:

Code:

sudo passwd

to change the root password

and

Code:

sudo passwd user

to change the user password.
You can make them identical if you wish.

As for the "do I need a virusscanner" question - no, not really. Virusses aimed at linux are extremely rare; the main reasons to get a scanner would be to make sure you do not send virusses that can not harm you to other people or to scan a mailbox that is also used from within windows.

 

Thank you...but still got a problem

I did as you suggested and it got as far as saying new unix password but I couldn't type anything as the new password. I know it is probably something stupidly simple...but were linux is concerned I AM stupid and simple.

I have used windows from the old right up to Vista, but this is the first time on a linux machine. I am fine on the day to day things but anything techno and I am so lost I might as well be a new computer user again.

Thank you for the advice on the virus scanner, can I assume that the same would go for a separate firewall?

 

Type it and press enter. The system does not show you are typing something for security reasons

Not entirely. An unfirewalled linux is inherently far more secure than an unfirewalled windows though; and installing a firewall on the One is a hassle due to those aforementioned security choices Acer made. For one, you'd need to recompile the kernel

 

ok that was obvious...which is why I didn't think of it lol

Can you recommend a good book to help me do this...something along the lines of "a complete idiots guide to not ruining your linux computer"

nenu