Questions tagged [authentication]
Authentication is the process of proving your identity to a computer. It differs from authorization, which is the process of granting certain privileges to someone.
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Download pages that I have to log in to get with wget
There's a website that I must log in to before I can browse the content, and the content would be very helpful for my work if I could browse it while offline. It's training and repair information for ...
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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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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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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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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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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 access router system files?
I want to access my router's files but I don't know how. I own BaudTec router. I tried \\192.168.1.1 , it asks for username-password I gave the same as when I login router web interface but I couldn't ...
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Can't login after lock screen, how to fix the /etc/pam.d/common-auth?
I got mysteriously locked out of my ubuntu 10.04 but got it solved on question How to fix a broken login in ubuntu 10.04?
Yet a big annoyance remains, if lock my screen and return, the authentication ...
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Remote desktop in XP?
I have enabled remote desktop on my XP SP3 system.
If my friend takes remote control of my system without my permission my system is connected to him. But a few day before I got the authentication ...
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Trouble accessing network drives in Windows 7
Running Windows 7 Professional.
I am experiecing problems accessing network drives (shares) on my local netowork.
I have a LaCiE network drive - the Windows XP machine can access it without problems.
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PuTTY Fatal Error: No supported authentication methods available
I try to establish an SSH connection with the Linux server of my web hosting provider.
I receive the following error when using PuTTY Release 0.74 Build platform: 64-bit x86 Windows:
"No ...
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Cross Domain Windows Authentication "Allowed to Authenticate" not working
We have couple of websites which is working on different servers and all are internally connected with the LAN. All websites are using windows authentication.
Now I would like to use Single Sign ON ...
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DSL connection gets refused when connecting from different machine
I got a broadband connection at home from GTPL . The guy set up the connection on laptop instead of router because I refused to buy a new router from the company.
Now the Internet runs fine (good ...
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SSO authentication for Shiny Server
We have been using Shiny Server Pro with LDAP authentication. Now, we want to use Single Sign On (SSO) based service with Shiny Server Pro or the open source version (if possible).
I have looked in ...
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ubuntu: Xorg without "-auth ....". How to eliminate?
thats Xorg in processlist of ubuntu 20.04 with already open port 6000 (-listen tcp) :
/usr/lib/xorg/Xorg -listen tcp :0 -seat seat0 -auth /var/run/lightdm/root/:0 -listen tcp vt7 -novtswitch
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Does Chrome support OID Filters in the TLS handshake
Cite from rfc8446
The "oid_filters" extension allows servers to provide a set of
OID/value pairs which it would like the client's certificate to
match. This extension, if provided by the ...
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How to Reduce Delay in Displaying Incorrect Password message on Domain PC
I've been encountering an issue with domain PCs where it takes a longer time to notify entering of incorrect password. After conducting some research, we identified that the delay is caused due to ...
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Internet fully disconnects when I try to authenticate in some sites. What could it be?
I have noticed that when I try to log in some sites, my internet completely shuts down.
One of those sites is Outlook.com. When the mail animation is running, before loading the form login, I got ...
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Authentication of commits and pushes in a bare git repo without an actual git server running
I am trying to understand what a git repo itself without a server hosting it is able to do. My goal is a bare git repo somewhere on our network drive that people can pull and push to.
I was able to ...
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Linux oathtool-generated TOTP 6-digit code invalid for 2FA SSH login using pam_oath.so
I'm trying to set up TOTP 2FA login into an SSH session on my Ubuntu box.
To this end I have in /etc/users.oath:
HOTP/T30/6 testuser – 8436e373cbdabce46a5d8d019c463a
(I'm generating this value over ...
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Possible to disable password authentication and only use Google Authenticator for Linux ssh logins?
Is it possible to setup Linux so that Google Authenticator is the only required authentication?
I've had no problem setting up Linux so that password+google auth works, but I've not been able to get ...
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How to login with to a remote linux host with RDP passwordless, using my private key?
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I can successfully log in with SSH passwordless using my private key.
I can successfully log in with RDP using a username and a password.
I would like to log in passwordless with RDP, ...
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How to ensure authenticity of sync target in WiFi network (do not run sync outside of home WiFi)
This is my first question and I hope to explain the situation well.
Short explanation:
I have a home network with various clients and a TrueNAS NAS. The NAS is target for backup and sync services e.g. ...
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Computer does not print, accept remote-connections nor open SMB folders until restart
I encountered a Windows 10 which seems to have problems with authentication. The computer does not accept remote connections, does not open smb-folders or print a file (no error shown, when the pc ...
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Windows 11 forgets RADIUS WIFI Credentials
We have a number of Windows 11 notebooks in our family. All updated to the latest version of WinPro. And all suffer the same problem: every once in a while, these devices forget the RADIUS credentials ...
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Trouble with PHPMailer and iCloud SMTP Authentication
I'm currently facing an issue with PHPMailer while trying to send emails using iCloud SMTP for my WordPress blog. I have followed the steps to configure PHPMailer with app-specific passwords provided ...
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Can I completely disable Anonymous authentication for internal system with AD users?
I have an internal system that has login form with username and password.
But recently I needed to get some more information about the user who tries to log in (in case of a failed login attempt for ...
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Securing Windows Authentication on IIS
I have an internal system that verifies users automatically using their Windows credentials and then using LDAP to verify against the Active Directory
In IIS, I allowed "Windows Authentication&...
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Difficulty including integrated authentication in API call outside an Excel workbook using Python
I have a specific scenario in my organization where I use a laptop to access an API dashboard through a Chrome window. Within the Chrome window, I can make queries to the API and also download a ...
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Google Chrome 2FA: combining the Authenticator extension with the Secure Shell extension
I am sshing into a remote server using Chrome and the Secure Shell extension. This server asks for a 2FA code and a password on every login. I use the Authenticator extension to copy and paste a 2FA ...
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Export to excel error caused by netscaler loadbalncer
We are curently migrating from SharePoint 2016 to SharePoint SE and we are facing strange authenticationg issue on new SHP SE enviroment.
Authentication is NTLM and what is happening besides all other ...
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Why does Windows *require* User Verification when registering WebAuthn?
During WebAuthn registration in Windows, why does Windows require User Verification, even when the Relying Party does not specify the User Verification requirement, or specifies it as preferred? Is it ...
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mklink to a remote shared folder, with remote account
Difference to qustion Creating a symbolic link to mapped network drive in Windows
Referenced question is about building symlink to a mapped network drive. This question doesn't say anything about ...
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User ids became numbers and I can't ssh to remote machine anymore
I am working with a remote Ubuntu server using ssh, and today, while the machine was under a good load of work, I got hit by this weird error.
Checking processes with top/htop, I could no longer see ...
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Azure ACR Auth Error - "aad access token with sp failed client id must be guid"
Using this guide: https://github.com/Azure/acr/tree/main/docs/preview/quarantine
Endpoint to generate Token:
GET https://quarantinetest1.azurecr.io/oauth2/token?service=quarantinetest1.azurecr-test.io&...
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Automatically run as a different user, using the special interface
I want to run a program as a different Windows user, protected by a password. Now, in my company, there is a single-sign-on system where if you can enter a PIN attached to your email, it will ...
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Fedora 36 - Cannot connect to ssh - Permission denied (publickey)
I'm trying to git clone from my employer's site, but I'm stuck at the "Permission denied (publickey)." error message.
Right now, I just want to connect to the host, using ssh command. Added -...
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What cookies does Amazon use for authentication?
Using Chrome I'm rejecting a bunch of ad-specific cookies (by domain) and white-listing some domains to accept all cookies. I've added amazon.com and amazon.co.uk to the whitelist (including all third-...
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PowerShell remoting using Kerberos
I need to ditch basic authentication and start using another way to execute my powershell scripts.
The problem is I cannot make it work. I am noob at this, so I don't have clear idea where to go next.
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Replace Ethernet authentication credentials in Powershell
I have a situation where I need to use multiple IP in order to access some resources. In order to that I have to change my IP address every time by going to Network Connection, selecting Ethernet ->...
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What to do if Fast User Switching doesn't work?
I did all the registry and group policy modifications suggested here: https://winbuzzer.com/2020/08/21/how-to-enable-or-disable-fast-user-switching-in-windows-10-xcxwbt/
But at logon it is still ...
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Why Windows Hello says my camera is incompatible with Windows Hello
I decided to use face recognition for my PC and found that the Face Recognition option is unavailable with the message Windows Hello could not find a compatible camera. After digging on previous posts ...
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Proxy auto login using domain credential
I am using pfSense with squid proxy, linked and configured with LDAP to my win server 2016.
Every user is allowed to navigate but I need to log urls based on username.
Proxy authentication popup works ...
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ODBC with active directory password authentication using a login ID and password not configurable
The server MYSERVER holds the SQL database MyDatabase. The account MYCOMPANY\myaccount is registered for MyDatabase with server roles public and sysadmin and with permission Connect SQL granted by sa. ...
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Setting up high availability LDAP authentication using FreeIPA
I am trying to setup pfSense LDAP authentication using FreeIPA master/replica nodes.
I was able to directly connect to the master LDAP server using the hostname/ip-address but when it goes down how ...
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authentication token manipulation error,password unchanged
I've been battling my Toshiba satellite with Kali Linux and the 2017 ISO file installed. After trying to update and upgrade the system, it crashed, and I tried rebooting it; then, it kept changing ...
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Authenticating as object owner to edit remote object permissions
I have a Windows 7 machine, and a remote folder I am trying to change advanced permissions on. I'm the Administrator account on the local machine, and the remote folder is owned by a remote user that ...
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How to add a simple authentication page for static pages on a static IP
I have seen this simple authentication for websites for restricting the number of users who can access the pages.
I host some of my pages on my in-house servers and I just need a simple authentication ...
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Passwordless ssh reverse tunnel suddenly asks for password?
This has me puzzled to no end, hopefully someone can clarify.
I have a local server, LOCALSRV, and remote server (Ubuntu 20.04), REMOTESRV.
On the local server, I've established a reverse ssh tunnel, ...
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FIDO2 Security Key login annoyance with Windows 10/11 and Azure AD
I've a few Windows 10 and Windows 11 machines that are, like I/my account is, joined my Azure AD and I use my FIDO2 keys (Yubikey Bio and also Kensington Verimark Guards) to log in BUT I have noticed ...