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User Authentication [closed]
Is there any free or commercial service that would allow me to implement user authentication (user registration and management) for my static website using just javascript embed code?
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adding ldap network user to /etc/group doesn't work
Adding a networked ldap user to group dialout in /etc/group doesn't work when logging via gdm.
prompt$ id doesn't show new group.
However prompt$ id -user DOES show it (works well). Also logging via ...
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Authentication timed out on wireless connection
I have been experiencing a connection problem with my wireless network. Occasionally, the wireless connection would be disconnected. On the network manager itself, I would still be able to see my ...
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Is gitosis or gitolite necessary to push changes via HTTP/HTTPS to remote git repository?
I have an apache2 server running a virtual host with HTTPS and basic authentication enabled. The virtual host serves GIT repositories via gitweb script. Authenticated users pull repositories from ...
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How to reset the postgres super user password on mac os x
I installed postgres on my mac running 10.6.8 and I would like to reset the password for the postgres user (I believe this is the super user password) and then restart it.
All the directions I found ...
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TrueCrypt pre-boot authentication without system encryption
Is it possible to enable TrueCrypt's pre-boot authentication with system partition not encrypted? I would like to encrypt only the other partition where I store data and I would like it to be ...
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I'm periodically getting a Windows Security login dialogue - How can I tell what's causing it to appear?
I've just switched on a PC for the first time in several months, and I'm periodically getting the following Windows Security dialogue box prompting me for a Username / password:
Now, the server ...
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How to setup ssh, key-based (“password-less”) logins to a Linux/MacOSX sshd server via Windows, Linux, or MacOSX clients?
How does one setup ssh, key-based ("password-less") client logins to a Linux/MacOSX sshd server via Windows, Linux, or MacOSX clients?
[Seeking both basic, conceptual understanding of key-based, ...
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Software security tokens, any comparisons? [closed]
Most people are familiar with RSA's SecureID hardware token, used for authentication.
Software tokens running on people's phones or desktops seem like a better solution these days, but I can't seem ...
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Firefox plugin or addon to show authentication negotiation details
I would like to see all the authentication communication between Firefox and a web site, similar to what curl -v shows. Is there such a thing?
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How do I setup Trac login?
I've been trying to follow the Trac installation guide, but I've hit a bit of a snag. I can view the default Trac setup just fine, but when I go and try to log in I get this on the page:
Trac ...
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Hosted WMV file asking for a password to play
We have a simple WMV file on our IIS server and when browsing to it we get a security pop up requesting authentication to play the file.
Everyone has read & execute but the file still requires ...
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Poderosa SSH returns “user authentication failed” when using the right password
The company I work for has instituted 2-factor authentication (PIN plus RSA token) to some servers.
The account I am using is not enabled for that (so I just type in a password), but I can't ...
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Apache directory authorization bug (clicking cancel gives acces to partial content)
I got a minor problem (as the site is not high priority) but still a very interesting one.
I have an apache root domain wherein other sites live "/var/www/"
And I have foo.example.com forwarding to ...
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SSH still asks for password after setting up key based authentication
I have successfully created a key based auth for root user from my A machine to my B machine.
Now, I created a new user on B machine, the same as on A machine, let's call him USER. I created a home ...
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Print to Linux CUPS server from Windows 7 using different authentication
My school has a bunch of printers on their local net, which can be printed to via their Linux machines via CUPS. I'm wondering if it's possible to set up my Windows 7 laptop to print directly to ...
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Passing UNC username and password within a UNC path
Is it possible to pass the UNC username and password within a UNC path?
Similar to how FTP and SMB support this:
smb://user:pass@destination.com/share
ftp://user:pass@destination.com/share
I am ...
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How to set up User/Password based authentication on OpenVPN / Windows?
I've got a Windows XP SP3 server, and I'd like to turn it into an OpenVPN server.
However, I can't figure it out how to enable/use user/password authentication instead of the certificates.
(I know, ...
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PPTP is allowing any username – even blanks?
I have a PPTP VPN server on my network. I have setup the username and passwords for clients in the chap_secrets file.
However when testing with any username or even a blank one, the server accepts ...
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OpenSSH server: how to configure keyboard-interactive authentication
How can I configure the OpenSSH server (on Ubuntu) to allow keyboard-interactive but not password authentication?
I know that public-key-authentication is the preferred one, but I want to test a user ...
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How can I restrict users from accessing the Internet, but still connect to my router?
I know I can secure my WiFi via MAC address restrictions and WPA encryption.
I have a WiFi router without access restrictions and an Internet connection. I want to configure the router so that it ...
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Keypair-based VNC authentication
I use RealVNC to remote-control my computer while on the go. But it annoys me that I have to type the access password each time. Is it possible to make RealVNC (Or any other VNC implementation) work ...
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Shell scripting download and upload backed up files
I have gDisk, I don't know if you have ever used it, it allows you to turn your GMail to a hard disk and host any file on it, I have many GMails that I don't use and I can create many others. To use ...
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Windows Authentication Issues Over Internet
I'm trying to help someone connect to his Exchange 2003 Server remotely over RPC/HTTPS. He is the only one having issues. He's on a Windows 7 Home Premium laptop, connecting through wireless in his ...
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Auth failed running command from shell script
I try to run following command from shell script:
svn checkout http://url/ --username user --password password --non-interactive --no-auth-cache .
It fails always with following error:
svn: ...
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How can I find out which authentication protocols a WiFi network uses?
I want to connect my Debian Squeeze machine to my school wireless network with wpa_supplicant.
I think the network uses 802.1X authentication, because when the other students connects to the network ...
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How to change SQL Server 2008 authentication mode?
I have an SQL Server 2008 and I want to check/change its authentication mode. Now I've seen several ways to do so in the web using SQL Server Management but I don't have that..
Is there any way to do ...
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Firefox HTTP auth dialog not modal
It is possible to make HTTP authentification dialog in Firefox not modal?
I do NOT want any auto-submit addon (LastPass, AutoAuth), or anything that remebers password and then submits it ...
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Root authentication with another root user
I have a PC at work running Fedora 14. For some reason, the IT guys do not give out the password for the root user, but instead, if needed they create a specific suXXX user with root permissions.
The ...
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home network - user authentication and internet restriction
I have a home network (using a WRT54GL). I have 1 wired desktop, 4 wireless laptop/desktops and a Tablet (Android).
I want to be able to restrict internet access based on specific users. Some of ...
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gitosis with password authentication (don't want to use ssh-key)
I followed an online tutorial to setup gitosis on my LAN server and it's using ssh-key to authenticate now. All the tutorials I saw were using ssh-key authentication. I was wondering if I can use ...
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Cyberoam authenticated network only allows browsers to connect to internet, not any other application
I'm accessing my college network (which is protected via Cyberoam) via Wifi, and I need to authenticate to the network using my ID in the web browser. Once done, I can access internet with the browser ...
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How can I use an LDAP server to authenticate laptop users?
I'm in the process of purchasing a dozen (or so) laptops for our volunteer-led organisation to use for training purposes. We already use an LDAP server to authenticate access to the wiki, the forum ...
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How to Add user to XP Machine for authentication for a network
I am getting a lot of popups for password when I access the other PC. I would like to add my credentials to that other PC so the popup disappears? How do I do it?
Note: I am not talking about adding ...
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530 authentication problem in Windows Live Mail on Windows 7
I get following message when trying to send an e-mail bu:
530 authentication required
How do I resolve this problem?
I'm working on Windows 7 and trying to use Windows Live Mail with my ...
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Full Disk Encryption with Two-factor Authentication for Ubuntu: How?
Background Information
I'm a Linux newbie recently weaned off Windows. I'm currently using Ubuntu 11.04 without full disk encryption. Only my home directory is encrypted, and with eCryptFS. Lately, ...
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Can CAPTCHA be tweaked by bots?
Now a days text recognition within image is possible.
For example in Microsoft onenote you can search a text in image.
So is it a chance for bots to tweak the CAPTCHA ?
By using the same technique can ...
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Basic authentication for Windows global Proxy settings
I would like to set the Windows global proxy settings as described in the Knowledge Base article: KB289481. Because Windows Update does not work since the proxy settings are not set (see KB900935).
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How to encrypt some file or partition with 2 factor authentication?
I would like to encrypt a file and use 2 factor authentication. What software and hardware do I need?
One approach
a password and
a security token.
Is it possible? Does TrueCrypt support this? ...
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Is it possible to store a password on USB flash drive and use USB flash drive to input password?
Okay, running Ubuntu 10.04 or Backtrack 5, and I want to create a very complex password with as many bits as possible. But, I doubt I would remember it entirely, and I don't want to look at a notebook ...
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Basic Auth & Internet Explorer Automation in Powershell
I'm in the need of automating an administration task of a web application.
I used Powershell and the InternetExplorer.Application ComObject to accomplish this task. The relevant part is to navigate to ...
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SSH Private Key File Won't Work (Permissions Error)
I keep an SSH private key file on a separate USB thumb drive (encrypted), but when I try to use it to connect to my remote host I get an error:
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SSH key authentication with another user
I'm confusing myself on some ssh key-based authentication.
Let's say I have:
Host A:
user tom
.ssh
tom_private_key
tom_public_key
Host B:
user shared
.ssh
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Authentication failure when connection
I am working currently on my server on an issue, I configured the SSH Deamon that only people who have a valid ssh-key can login on to the server, and kicked the password option
Now I've added a ...
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passwordless ssh
May be this is a repeat question, but I couldn't find any answer that works for me in the search result.
I am trying to connect to a prod_host from my office_desktop_host which I have connected ...
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How do I configure SSH so it dosen't try all the identity files automatically?
I have been putting my ssh identity files inside my ~/.ssh/ folder. I have probably about 30 files in there.
When I connect to servers, i will specify the identity file to use, with something like
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How I can disable 'basic authentication' access methodology on firefox 3.6?
I want to disable in Firefox 3.6.12 the basic authentication access schema.
Is there a way to disable this kind of basically insecure authentication schema and allow only non plain/text ...
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How can I make svn store clear text passwords in Debian Linux?
I am using an internal toy svn server, and svn client seems to be configured to store passwords in gnome-keyring by default. How can I disable it or at least switch to kwallet?
I am using Debian ...
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Central authentication on Mac OS X
I have a few Macs standing around and would like to administer their users (my kids, wife and occasional guests) in one place. The closest thing to a server (always on) I have here is an openwrt ...
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Sonicpoint WiFi users forced to log on via psk, then log in via web as well. How to disable?
It seems silly but I'm stumped after tearing up all the configuration options and researching. I can't find any way to prevent users having to log in via Sonicwall web authentication in addition to ...
