Sign in
Choose the sign-in route available on your machine. If you have just installed Peios, complete first-boot setup first. Manual and legacy installation routes can provision accounts differently; Creating accounts explains those distinctions.
Choose how to connect #
- Use the desktop in a browser: Open the desktop. Check the machine's certificate before entering credentials.
- Use a local console: The login command explains the prompt, live-medium autologon and multiple-console behavior. Switching consoles does not lock or log out the session you leave.
- Use a remote terminal: Sign in over SSH. Verify the host fingerprint and read the access precautions before changing the SSH service or credential policy.
Manage your own account #
Use passwd to change your own password. For your SSH keys, follow Changing your own keys. To change the name shown beside your account name, follow Changing your own display name. Changing another account's credentials is an administration task; start with Manage local accounts and groups.
A stored password and the account's credential policy are separate. Follow Creating accounts when changing whether a password or SSH key is required; setting a password alone does not change a passwordless account's policy.
If sign-in fails #
Start with Troubleshoot a problem. Keep a working administrator route available while investigating. Do not delete the local principal store to try to restore access: it holds the machine's identity, and a corrupt store is different from a missing one. See The local store.
For the model behind the prompts, read How authentication works and Logon sessions in Security Fundamentals.