Live CD asks for a username and password

Question

When I boot Ubuntu 10.04.3 from a live CD, it asks me to enter a username and password. I have not booted before, and I haven't created an account.

Can you specify at what stage you're asked for a username and password? Maybe you can take a photo of your screen? Are you booting from a real CD disk or from a flash drive? If the latter is true - have you or somebody ever used that flash drive before?
I tried to boot from a live-cd ( i get it from mail, long time ago) and from a flash drive (i used it before to install Ubuntu 11.10 successfully )... I'm asked for username and password just after the background appear
it look like the problem is in Gnome because when i try to log in using Ubuntu as username and a blank password in xterm session it work ....

Rory Alsop · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-13 21:18:07Z

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The default username is ubuntu, and the password is blank on an Ubuntu LiveCD.

If the username "ubuntu" with an empty password doesn't work, you may be able to add a new user to the system as follows:

adduser username

edited Feb 13 '12 at 21:18

answered Feb 13 '12 at 17:16

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	it didn't work ....i'am bigginer in ubuntu... can you explain to me how to add a new user to the system more simply...thnx – Sofiane Bouamine Feb 13 '12 at 19:00
	Sofiane - as @psusi said, an unmodified Ubuntu livedc should let you log in with the username ubuntu, and a blank password. If that doesn't work, the steps given should be fine - have a look at that linked question for some more options. – Rory Alsop Feb 13 '12 at 19:59
	thank you Rory Alsop .... when i try to mount the hd partition (sudo mount /dev/sda2 /mnt) i get: (mount: you must specify filesystem type) – Sofiane Bouamine Feb 13 '12 at 20:37
	@RoryAlsop: The instructions you are referring to will add a new user to the Ubuntu installation on your hard disk (assuming you already have one installed on /dev/hda1). This won't modify LiveCD. I don't see how this may help at all. – Sergey Feb 13 '12 at 21:06
	But interestingly, the fact that Sofiane has got that far implies a successful login - will amend my post. – Rory Alsop Feb 13 '12 at 21:17

int_ua · Answer 2 · 2012-10-17 01:25:17Z

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While it's ubuntu for Ubuntu live images it also depends on the flavor. For Edubuntu it's edubuntu.

answered Oct 17 '12 at 1:25

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Eliah Kagan · Answer 3 · 2012-10-02 19:39:43Z

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The username is ubuntu and there is no password. I found this information in this blog.

edited Oct 2 '12 at 19:39

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answered Feb 29 '12 at 11:32

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