Well first thing I would say is to upgrade to a newer distro. Red Hat 9 was discontinued a while ago and is no longer supported. Sorry about being kinda rude about the root login but it is
unbelievable devasting if you screw up something. Think of root as God, you have absolutely no limits to what you can do. Even more power than the admin account in Windows.
Your trying to get a server up and running? In that case, I'd recommend either SUSE or Mandriva. Both are free and easy to use. Heres some screenshots:
[link] [link] .
If you need more help, you should come and visit JustLinux
[link] since thats where I usually am and you'll be helped a lot quicker than posting to me or the dA *nix forum.
Ok, good luck.