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## 3.2.2 Logging in

At login time, you'll see a prompt resembling the following on your screen:

`mousehouse login:`

Here, enter your username, and press the key. Our hero, `larry`, would type the following:

`mousehouse 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

`Login incorrect`

and 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.

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