By FCsean
This is currently what’s showing up in my console.
Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS ubuntu-512mb-sgp1-01 tty1 ubuntu-512mb-sgp1-01 login:
When I try to input the password nothing happens same goes when I input the username first. What can I do? I still have ssh access though.
Also nothing appears when I type in the console.
When I input anything other than root, the prompt repeats itself but with garbage characters.
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I just created an account and immediately opened the console. I see the below on my Console Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS Arun-test-ubuntu-s-1vcpu-1gb-blr1-01 tty1 Arun-test-ubuntu-s-1vcpu-1gb-blr1-01 login:
When I created the droplet, I didn’t configure any username. I only configured a root password.
Is there a default login that I can give. Where can I check for the username if configured?
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