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Rsync root files between systems without specifying password
This seems very tricky to me.
I've set up my two systems so that I can rsync files between them as me, without specifying password. Now the the problem is to rsync files that belong to root. On both ...
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Using GnuPG and its daemon gpg-agent
I'm using gpg-agent to remember and supply my GnuPG password when building Debian/Ubuntu packages. But I'm still confused how gpg-agent works. I invoke gpg-agent as:
eval $(gpg-agent --daemon)
It ...
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How to enter BOSS operating system boot password? [closed]
I am using the government free laptop. In BOSS operating system I tried a lot to change the password, but I can't do it. It says the password is small.
I shut down the computer. Then when I switch ...
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Can't change root password in Ubuntu
I am trying to change the root password in my Ubuntu system but I am getting an error. I disabled password prompt when calling sudo. So I can execute root commands (eg. sudo apt-get install) without ...
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su not working when non-root (authentification failure)
On a VPS I own (hosted at bluevm.com), I have three users:
userone, with password foo, and sudo rights.
usertwo, with password bar, without sudo rights.
root, with now password (deleted with passwd ...
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Stopping unauthorized Windows 7 admin access
I have a problem with people having illegal access to lab computers bypassing strong password protections.
Several computers at my VLSI labs at college have Windows 7 HE installed. Some are ...
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Can't unlock linux user account
I've got a Linux box (OpenSuSE 11.3) with a locked-out user account. I logged in as the root account to unlock it with passwd -u <user>, but I get a message 'Cannot unlock the password for ...
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Trying to enable passwordless sudo
I want to enable passwordless sudo for user "bamboo" on my host, so I have added
bamboo ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL
and also
%admin ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
(user bamboo is in the admin group) to the ...
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turning off password expiration on linux
I see a lot document suggest to use chage on debian and ubuntu, apt-get update && apt-get install chage does not install the package, e.g.
root@ubuntu:~/Desktop# apt-get install chage
Reading ...
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Pam Tally Linux to ban users from wrong passwords
I have a major problem with a fedora distribution (17). I don't know how to set up
/etc/pam.d/system-auth in order to ban a user after he/she writes the password wrong (3 times)
I have read ...
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Two password (factor) authentication to root user / sudo
With regards to running Linux remotely (SSH) I'd like to employ two levels of authentication for accessing the system with root privileges.
I have the root account disabled / locked out so direct ...
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save password once and use it from different terminal
I have script that runs remote login using SSH, copies a file from that remote machine using SCP without asking for a password, however, the change only works for the terminal where I am running the ...
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How to hide password while sending mail from linux commad line
I tried the approach in http://superuser.com/a/462871 and it works. But I don't want my gmail password to be stored in command history. Is there a way to avoid this?
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linux - add requirement for password to log out (XFCE4.8)
I often leave a shared computer unattended and logged in at home. My housemate can also log in, pushing my session to the background, but in order to do this they often log my session out by mistake. ...
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Why does it take longer for Linux to tell me that my user password is wrong, than it does for Windows?
I use both Linux Mint and Windows 7 depending on the task. I've noticed that when I try to login in with an incorrect password it takes longer to tell me so in Linux than it it does in Windows 7.
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How to migrate the password of a user to another server?
I'm migrating users from an old server to a new one. It's only a few users, we want to migrate only the active ones and reorganize groups in the process, so I'm doing it manually. One problem remains: ...
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Prevent linux user from changing their password in ssh
How can I prevent users from changing their passwords? I still want to be able to change the passwords as root if necessary but keep the user from changing their password.
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Where is the telnet password stored in embedded linux?
Can anybody tell me which file in Embedded Linux the telnet password is stored as I am required to write an application to take a backup of the password. Thanks.
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Passwordless connection to GitHub without EVER needing to enter a password
I cannot figure out how to connect to GitHub from my server (e.g., git pull) without ever needing to enter my password. I have followed all the passwordless setup steps as mentioned in this superuser ...
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allowing only certain commands in a ssh session
I am a lazy linux user and often use very short passwords for my main user account(s).
Now, hopefully my firewall takes care of blocking most unsolicited access attempts and the OS (as far as it ...
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1answer
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How to set account and password in Linux for using a network printer
I am using both Linux Mint and Windows 7 on my laptop.
I can use the network printer in my office area flawlessly in Windows 7, which seems to use the LPR protocol and requires my ID and password.
...
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Fedora Is Asking For Username and password at boot
When I turn my computer on GRUB auto loads fedora and I get Username:
then Password: and when i type them in i get error: access denied Failed to boot both default and fallback entries then i get ...
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Scripting an 'empty' password in /etc/shadow
I've written a script to add CVS and SVN users on a Linux server (Slackware 14.0). This script creates the user if necessary, and either copies the user's SSH key from an existing shell account or ...
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Can I change the password of Backtrack running on a Live USB?
I am planning to run backtrack in Live USB mode with persistent memory, can I change the password of root, because my friends will certainly mess up with the files if it has default root/toot ...
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Ubuntu, User Accounts messed up
I need to fix Ubuntu Accounts somehow but I don't really see how it could be done.
The problem is:
files /etc/passwd and /etc/hostname and /etc/hosts where changed.
/etc/passwd
Before
...
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Is there a password manager for Linux that allows a specific program to always retrieve a password?
Mac OS X's Keychain Access allows you to specify a list of applications that are allowed to access a specific keychain item without having to enter the keychain password. Is there a password manager ...
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enable password check for single-user mode
I've been trying to find out how to activate that I'm prompted for a password when i boot in single user mode under linux, but I can't find it.
Where can I set this option?
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Setting reduced complexity passwords for a regular user
From root it is possible to set a single character password for any account
Example:
Here I created a account test3 and set the password t, and the password is accepted
[root@localhost ~]# useradd ...
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resetting the root password in linux
How do I reset the root password in fedora ? Is there any way out ? I have googled a lot but couldn't find any useful result.
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Enable simple password for root user on CentOS
I have a machine with CentOS and I want to enable a simple password for the root user. Something like 7 characters with 2 numbers or so...
But I'm getting this error:
BAD PASSWORD: it is based on a ...
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How to recover the password for a particular user account on my linux pc
I have a linux pc on which several users are configured to login. for the same PC i have the root access (username and password). I have lost one of the user accounts password. How to get back the ...
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Password Prompt For Wifi Connections in Linux
I have been using a few flavors of Linux for a while now. But, I Still haven't figured out how to turn off the repetitive password prompt for Connecting to a Wifi networks. Is there an automated ...
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Is the linux md5 password hashing considered secure?
On my RHEL6 linux is configured to use MD5 password hashing is the linux usage of MD5 for password hashing considered secure?
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Use su to switch to a local (mutually-trusted) user, without a password?
I'm curious if there is a way to enable one user to login (via su) into another user, without needing to know that users password. For instance, if I'm logged in as user1, I would like to give user2 ...
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Incorrect password for Linux user
I am unable to log into a regular user account using a password, so I first change the password to something I know...
As root,
passwd theUser
put in the password: thepassword
it states it ...
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2answers
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Login with linux FTP username and password
What's the command for logging in with FTP all with one line?
ftp username:password@my.domain.com
says,
Password required for username:password
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Palindrome passwords disallowed—why?
I tried to change a Linux password to "sitonapotatopanotis" and got this error: BAD PASSWORD: is a palindrome
Why does this rule exist?
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Turning a USB Flash Drive into Password Key with Free Software
I read an article on Lifehacker the other day which showed you how to turn a USB flash drive into a "master password key" using LastPass (and some proprietary program LastPass licenses). Obviously, ...
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How to safely store passwords in Irssi?
I use several IRC networks and it's unsafe to store passwords in plain text. On the other hand, typing each password after connection is uncomfortable.
How can I store passwords in encrypted file and ...
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Is it possible to save a password with PUTTY? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there a way to “auto login” in PuTTY with a password?
Store passwords in putty
I frequently use Putty, I know that possible save login like:
...
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Why would an incorrect password attempt take a lot longer to process than a correct one?
The most prominent place I've noticed this is when SSH-ing at work, but I feel like I've observed this behaviour elsewhere too.
When I try to log into Linux servers from my Windows desktop at work, ...
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Is there a CHNTPW alternative for Linux?
I'm looking for a CHNTPW equivalent that I can use from Linux to recover, clear or change a Windows password.
chntpw is not quite working for me, I'm planning to boot this from portable.
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Samba: How to share a folder using Linux account username and password?
I'm working on sharing a user's home folder using the username and password of the user's lLnux account. I noticed that home folder sharing is quite easy as I just need to change the smb.conf file to ...
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Is Epiphany the only browser for Gnome supporting password storage in keyring?
Is Epiphany the only browser for Gnome supporting password storage in keyring?
Firefox and Chromium both seem to store login credentials in own storage thus limiting interoperability.
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sudo keeps asking me for my password in fish shell
sudo in Ubuntu keeps asking me for my password for every command. Previously, I only had to enter the password once, and then it would be remembered for a period of time. This recently changed, ...
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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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root password is not working for su in terminal
I'm using rhel 5, when i'm working in terminal first i typed su command and by mistake i entered copy command and some other characters, after realising i've made a mistake then i came out and ...
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How can I change/erase Windows password using Ubuntu Live?
How can I change or erase the Windows XP password from Ubuntu Live (11.04) booted on the PC in question?
I reckon it should be possible, at least it is possible to do so to another Ubuntu ...
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How to copy password from Mono-executed KeePass2 to xterm on Linux?
I use KeePass2 to access username/password information in a Dropbox file. This allows convenient access from multiple devices. I can't seem to copy a password to the clipboard on my Linux ...
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Password doesn't work for Synaptic Package Manager when started from Gnome panel
When I navigate to System->Administration->Synaptic Package Manager it will prompt me for a password. The problem is that it always says I entered the wrong password.
If I run the command "gksudo ...
