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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Determine remote machine`s account name of the user logged in over SSH
At the company where I work we have a certain shared accounts that anyone can use over SSH to perform specific tasks. At this point, we have too many users and each of them has their own usability ...
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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 Error ...
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MySQL root user missing, fresh installation
I have a fresh installation of MySQL (5.0.75-0ubuntu10.5) which I installed using apt-get. During the setup I was prompted for my MySQL root password which I set. Ever since, I have tried logging in ...
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How can I see which WiFi networks require authentication on Windows 7?
On Windows 7, my list of available WiFi networks has no indication of which ones are open and which ones require an authentication key.
Is there some way to change the settings so I get a visual cue ...
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SSH connection fails for a Microsoft_account user on Windows 11 "windows authentication failed. error 1326"
Update 18th July: After debugging for some time, I have found out that the issue is seen with Microsoft account only, not with a local account. I have updated the problem statement accordingly.
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sqlcmd AAD token authentication fails with cannot discover user realm
I am trying to authenticate to Azure SQL database using AAD user account. According to the documentation I should use -G to enable AAD authentication and then pass the token via -P. So I try it with ...
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Why is MariaDB using localhost when using TCP?
I installed MariaDB via Nix and I am having trouble connecting via TCP.
I have users such as:
MariaDB [(none)]> SELECT User, Host FROM mysql.user;
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Outlook M365: Modern Authentication and/or Password Prompt Control
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Is there a way to purge locally cached files and/or registry entries on Windows 10 that assist with making the single sign-on modern authentication experience with Outlook M365 work, where ...
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How to cryptographically verify the authenticity and integrity of Microsoft Windows .iso releases (with gpg?)
For a given Windows release published by Microsoft, how can I cryptographically verify the authenticity and integrity of the .iso file that I downloaded before I copy it onto a USB drive and attempt ...
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Kerberos gets tickets for wrong user
At work, I have two active directory/domain accounts:
username - I log in to my computer with this
adm_username - this user is administrator for some servers that I am responsible for
We have a ...
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how to use ldap 'Security Group' for httpd hosted Nagios wesite's authentication?
Here is what we are trying to achive:
We want to authenticate windows active directory users who are part of perticular "Security Group", for NagiOS.
I've created below new configuration ...
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Deployed wordpress is now showing basic auth popup instead of login page for wp-admin
I have a wordpress website that hasn't been logged into for awhile, and it appears some auto-update change happened. The wp-admin login screen is now blocked by a basic auth popup. The admin and user ...
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How to verify an ssh key is valid for a given a host?
I want to test the validity of an ssh passphrase-protected identity file against a given host. I do not want to actually provide the passphrase nor do I necesarily know it, just verify that the ...
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SoftEther Radius authentication issue
I set up a SoftEther with Docker. I then installed and set up a Radius server with daloRADIUS. I can't create a user in Radius that will create the same user in SoftEther.
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Why I am getting error 'Server rejected the 1 private key' error on setting up ssh-slave Docker image
I am running both Jenkins master and slave as Docker containers by using jenkins/jenkins:lts and jenkins/ssh-slave image on Ubuntu. Following are the steps:
Ran ssh-keygen inside the jenkins-master ...
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Azure AD Integrated auth on a standalone machine
I'm well aware that Azure AD integrated auth only works on domain joined machines with AD sync enabled. I (as a developer) would like to use it on a standalone Windows 10 Pro box for its handiness.
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Is there a way to make the polkit agent default to the currently logged in user?
Does anyone know how to configure polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 to default to the current user initially when handling a request, or alternatively if one of the other polkit agents has this ...
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What authentication methods are supported by Excel's "Data Feed" data source?
In Excel 2016, I'm adding a data source using "From OData Data Feed". The Data Connection Wizard appears and asks for the OData URL and optionally authentication credentials.
If I provide a username ...
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Run script when password is changed
Is there any way to run a custom command when passwd is executed?
I'm creating a server GUI, and I want to tie the app users with the system users,
And, I don't want to use just plain PAM Auth.
So I ...
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Does deauthenticating MACs on AP affect non-deauthenticated MACs on the same AP?
In my attempts to learn more about infosec, I have started a small initial project.
greedy-mac on Github
A linux shell script that continously deauthenticates all MACs on a given AP except for the ...
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Auto-login with Putty.exe
I have Windows 7 running on my PC, and am using Putty.exe to connect to Red-Hat server, somewhere along the network.
Usually, I double-click the Putty.exe file, choose a session, and press 'open'.
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Enable SCHANNEL Protocols in Windows Registry (Win7 & 2012R2) DisabledByDefault or Enabled?
I have enabled TLS 1.0/1.1/1.2 protocols on my local Win7 machine and 2012R2 server as well as disabled SSL 2.0/3.0 using the registry DWord value DisabledByDefault = 0 based on the following ...
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Captive portal : external splash page specs?
Captive portals - like in restaurants, hostels, airports, ... - are detected by OSes. When detected, OS displays a browser-like windows (~popup). (Generally in order to ask for authentification, login,...
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Cannot access Samba share from Windows 8, but I can in Windows 7
I´m trying to connect to my Samba share in my QNAP NAS from a Windows 8 client. The name and password are the same both in the Windows client and the NAS server. I got an authentication error,
so I ...
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how to make ubuntu send sms via connected gsm mobile phone each time false login attempts are made?
how can i make a system running ubuntu send me sms alerts?
i want that as and when any intruder tries to login to my system [which is running ubuntu 12.04 LTS] a sms alert should sent on a pre fixed ...
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The Login is from an untrusted domain - domain setup with computer level login
I have a SQL Server 2008 R2 database I'm attempting to connect to using ADO.NET using integrated security in the connection string.
The database resides on a 64-bit Windows Server 2003 machine. The ...
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Web authentication using LDAP and Apache?
I am working on a project of setting up a web administered inventory database for my work (or if they don't want it then i'll enjoy learning about it) and hit the problem of allowing only authorized ...
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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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wget authenticated HTTP Connection Failed
First off, I am not a Linux guy, but I have to pretend to be one sometimes as a web developer.
So, we have a Red Hat server and I'm using wget in crontab to run some PHP scripts.
We've been doing ...
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How to prevent blocking http auth popups on firefox restart with many tabs open
I am using the latest firefox with tab mix plus and tabgoups manager. I have maybe 50 or 100 tabs oben in different tab groups. When I shutdown firefox and start it again all tabs and tab groups are ...
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ssh authentication to an AFS using public/private key pairs
I'm writing a lil' bash script to update files on a webserver from any authorized computer. In the end, I want to use the scp command to do the work.
scp -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa $localpath [email protected]....
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Force Use of Hardware Security Key with a Windows Hello Account
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Is it possible to bypass Windows Hello (Pin) on a Windows 11 login tied tied to a Microsoft passwordless account? Why? Want to force use of a hardware security key for authentication.
I ...
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Authentication to access SFTP service using LDAP/KeyClock
My SFTP server is running in K8S pod.I have created service and ingress to access SFTP service from remote.Till this point it is working as expected.I am trying to setup authentication to access SFTP ...
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Linux Active Directory login failed because of password
I have a Linux machine that has a connection to the AD. kinit command works correct (it has no output when I run it). But when I try to login to this Linux, I get "Access denied" error.
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How to setup a wireless repeater to passively relay EAP Authentication?
I need to connect to a wireless AP with my smartphone via EAP-AKA, but the AP signal is too weak.
Then I'm thinking of reconfiguring a router with DD_WRT firmware or maybe a Raspberry Pi, to act as a ...
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Apache: working with basic authentication and multiple accounts
I'm developing a simple website with two levels of authentication: viewer and admin. Everything accessible to viewer should be accessible to admin but not the other way around. I'm using apache basic ...
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Root account expired
I had a colleague (he left the company) that did a "hardening" on Ubuntu servers. He put the following:
useradd -D -f 30
chage --inactive 30 root
Which I understand that in 30 days the root ...
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Can WSL inherit my windows AD permissions
I need to use WSL sometimes because there's a bunch of tools I like which either run badly or not at all on Windows directly. Most of these tools involve connecting to MSSQL databases. Directly from ...
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sshd seems to ignore pam auth section when authorizing through private key
I configure ssh authorization to drop some users with rules, defined in script, and also give them some extended capabilities when they login. I use two pam modules - pam_script and pam_cap and change ...
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2 factor authentication on Windows Server 2019
I would like to harden my Windows Server 2019 a bit.
I want to add 2 factor authentication for users that log in locally on my Windows Server 2019.
When the user log in I want the second ...
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Windows Scheduled Task executes SQL scripts as Anonymous Logon, despite being associated with a domain account
I've built an EXE that I need to run every hour, for the rest of forever. To do this, I'd like to use Windows Task Scheduler.
It would be more appropriate to run this on Windows Server, but ...
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How do I connect from IIS to remote SQL via Windows Auth w/o a service account?
I have a pretty typical .NET app that uses Entity Framework, MS SQL, and IIS. The app was developed with the expectation that the SQL server would run local to IIS and with SQL authentication for the ...
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Why is sn required by inetOrgPerson?
I'll preface this by saying that I'm fairly new to using LDAP and really have no formal training with it.
Pretty much exactly what the topic title says. Is there any real reason that surname is a ...
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freeradius + daloRadius WebGUI can't use broccade and a10 devices togehter
We have a freeradus server with daloradius as webfrontend on top.
Currently logins on Brocade Cisco etc. are all working as expected.
Now we are trying to add a A10 Thunder CGN to radius.
The ...
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IIS FTP Site : Username with special chars
Using IIS 10, i want to connect to my FTP Site :
My Windows 10 is called gaia (this is the hostname).
I've created two users wich is called john, and clément
(the second on have a special char (...
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Debug or disable sendmail auth=SERVER
It seems like people are sending spam through my mailserver using SMTP server authentication.
I’m getting bounces of undelivered mail
The bounces contain correct Received: headers from my mail server
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Can't ssh into ec2 box (permission denied) - ECDSA issue
I launched a AWS community Ubuntu 12.04 desktop ec2. I added the host to my ssh config with the identity pem key file to ssh into my ec2.
I got the authorized keys public key file from my ec2 and ...
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Is there any solution for University User Login Authentication for Internet access?
To access internet in campus, students are given username and passwords.
It's needed to authenticate for every 8 hours.
If any download in process, then the download fails.
Need to authenticate ...
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Can't login on server using ssh [Too many authentication failures]
I'm not able to login in the server. I keep getting this error:
Received disconnect from 128.238.182.77: 2: Too many authentication failures for bmpasini
It happened to me before and I solved by ...
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Linux bootup only with USB dongle
I am currently trying to figure out if there is a way to make Linux only boot if a specific USB dongle is present in one of the USB ports.
I tried to find a solution on the internet but couldn't find ...
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