At login time, you'll see a prompt resembling
the following on your screen:
login:
Here, enter your username, and press the key. Our
hero, larry, would type the following:
login: larry
Password:
Now, enter your password. It won't be echoed to the screen when you login, so type carefully. If you mistype your password, you'll see the message
incorrectand you'll have to try again.
Once you have correctly entered the username and password, you are officially logged into the system, and are free to roam.