String of characters that allows access to a computer, interface, system or application.
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Recovering a Truecrypt password using preset word combinations?
A few months ago I created a Truecrypt volume, with a password I created using words from a cover of a book that I stringed together randomly. The words were typed out side by side with no spaces. ...
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Chrome master password
I have read that Chrome developers will never add a master password to chrome without any real reason: https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/chrome/k6JmRoGJp5w/Th9hdBwqIU0J
Is there any ...
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“Warning! Password locked: Fixed disk0” error message on boot
TrueCrypt - Warning! Password locked: Fixed disk0 error message on boot.
When I start my laptop (Acer TravelMate 2410), after the Starting memory check, the screen goes full black, and a message ...
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Chrome not asking for proxy password
I told Chrome not to save my proxy password, thinking that, this way, it would ask me for the password every time I launch it, but this is not happening. How can Google Chrome authenticate me even if ...
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How are Wi-Fi passwords sent to the router securely?
Maybe I'm just being stupid, but whenever you type the password to gain access to a certain Wi-Fi network, how is the password sent to the router securely? Wouldn't it be easy to intercept the ...
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I need help logging into my windows 8 computer or setting it to factory settings
I can't access my desktop on windows 8 using my windows live account. It tells me to change my password which I do from my xbox since I can't get online with my laptop and I have looked through the ...
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Can brute force password cracking be prevented with a simple '3' error time out ? [closed]
Ive been seeing quite allot written recently about brute force password cracks, using setups like this one on Gizmodo, it got me thinking its all very well to be able to crack a password by running ...
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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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Missing emails after cancelling my e-mail account
Because I stopped as a member in a club the password of the mail account was changed. I was planning to keep the e-mails I had in my outlook express for reference. Only since the password is changed ...
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on Mac OSX, from inside terminal, how to input password that contains a special character?
I was making a script to change the password of login to one of my VPS machine, and it's something like the following, and unfortunatelly the ^M character (not the combination of '^' and 'M') was ...
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Windows 8 locked because the password were lost, how can I change it without needing to reinstall it?
I installed Windows 8 on my mother's notebook, she typed a new password for her and she lost it, she can't remember what she typed and no notes about it were made(my fault), now her Windows 8 ...
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change user password linux instead of NIS password
I'm trying to change password to login on remote server.
For example from pas1 to pas2.
I use passwd command. The result is successful: I see "The NIS password has been changed" and if I try passwd ...
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Windows 8 - Cannot sign in without an internet connection
I have Windows 8 on my other laptop, and I can't sign onto my computer. I use one password for everything. My caps lock is not on. And I don't have an ethernet cable to connect to my laptop. The ...
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How to password protect a folder within Outlook?
I know you can put a password on a .PST file, but what I was wondering is if you could password protect a specific folder within Outlook? If so, would this be done with 3rd party software or is the ...
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Resetting Windows 8 password
Hello does anyone know of a way to remove or reset windows passwords in windows 8.
Without logging in to windows first.
In Windows 7 I used Hirens but it is not working for Windows 8.
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I am talking ...
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I can't get through with my password on sudo, can anyone help me?
I know that the password doesn't show up on the screen that's all good. I just can't seem to get any further as I am typing my user password but this comes up:
2012-12-04 22:38:14.815 ...
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How can I give my wife emergency access to logins, passwords, etc.?
I'm the digital guru in my household. My wife is good with email and forum websites, but she trusts me with all our important digital stuff — online banking and other things that require ...
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Locked out of windows 7 pc
This is a question on behalf of my friend.
His kid brother installed a password on his windows 7 home premium desktop and now he forgot. How does he get in?
Since the data is backed up into a flash ...
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SSH won't accept password
Is there a setting somewhere that overrides the user password for SSH? Whenever I try to login via password to my os x server I get an error message in secure.log ->
Failed password for < ...
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If one's password were stolen from a site, should he/she really change it everywhere else? [closed]
(Disclaimer: I understand that, in either case, one should change it everywhere else. I also understand that one shouldn't be using the same password anywhere else)
If a website were hacked and the ...
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How do I revert to having sudo ask for a password again?
I accidentally made a mistake and made my sudo commands passwordless on my Mac. How can I get it back to default?
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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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Software to store my password on a crypted file and access it through another password [closed]
I'm looking for a software that allows me to store some passwords in something like "a text file", access it through a password, read my passwords if required and close it again.
I want something ...
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How to get past the login page with wget?
I am trying to use wget to download my private github pages, but I cannot get past the login screen.
How do I send the login/password using post data on the login page and then download the actual ...
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Is there a way to correct wrongly typed password / abort the operation while on password prompt in the console in MINGW32?
I sometimes mistype a password when being asked for it, e.g. by Git when pushing to remote repository. The password is not displayed (even masked as asterisks) in the console.
Is there a way either ...
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public key always asking for password and keyphrase
I am trying to SSH from a NAS to a webserver using a public key.
NAS user is 'root' and webserver user is 'backup'
I have all permissions set correctly and when I debug the SSH connection I get:
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How do I forcibly kill a locked screen session?
I have an old screen session on a server that seems to be password-protected. The problem is, I don't recall setting a password on it, and I have no idea what the password could be. Any terminal ...
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Toshiba Satellite A350D bios password
I was trying to remove the bios password(I knew it) through the bios. I ended up making the new password blank(?) by just hitting enter thinking this would disable it, not nothing works for the ...
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Windows 8 Password Storing [closed]
I was wondering if someone could please shed some light on how Windows 8 stores password or if it does at all? I believe that Windows 8 has more cloud features and that it goes by your Windows Live ...
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With the Windows SAM and SYSTEM files, can I get the password of an account?
I heard of John the Ripper, Ophcrack and many other programs that are used in order to crack the hashes for Windows' 7 Password, but JTR seems a bit slow (Didn't get the password after 20 minutes) and ...
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Changing the password in Windows 7 hotspot
I turned my Windows 7 laptop into a wireless hotspot a while ago. Now I forgot the password I set. How can I see and change the password?
I cannot see the network under Control Panel\Network and ...
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Strategies to share passwords for multiple users such as husband wife? [closed]
My wife and I use the same accounts on many web pages, such as music, video, and utilities. We're looking to improve our system to have us both able to login to the same accounts. Our goals:
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What are the repercussions of changing the password on a Microsoft Account?
I sign into Windows 8 with the same account as on my Windows Phone. I read the warnings that if I renamed my account to an outlook.com one, that I would have to do a hard reset on my phone and set it ...
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Google chrome asks to save password in Internet Explorer
I've been noticing that when I'm logging into a website, Internet Explorer displays a message at the top of the window: "Do you want Google Chrome to remember this password?" I have seen it come up on ...
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What is a plain text password and why can it be decypted?
I was trying to understand the level of security offered by Windows picture passwords and ran across this claim on this website.
Some of our password recovery utilities already implement Windows 8
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dictionary attack on passwords [closed]
I am questioning the common advice given to not use dictionary words in a sentence for a password. For example using "My name is Sue!" as a password. On the websites I host and manage if you don't ...
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How to save Microsoft account password in Windows 8 Remote Desktop?
With two Windows 8 PCs not on a domain, with a common Microsoft account present on each, it is easy to Remote Desktop between the two. The correct username is filled in for you; only the Microsoft ...
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Picture password Please on windows 8 professional
I get the following error:
"Enrolment failure. There was a failure during the enrolment process. Please try again later"
after I create a picture password and
"An error occurred capturing ...
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what's the difference between /etc/init.d/sshd start and /usr/sbin/sshd?
I'm having issues with passwordless ssh. I've checked, double checked and checked again that I have everything set up correctly.
Both machines are RHEL6 and when the destination machine first boots ...
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Default username/password for accessing network shares in Windows 8?
I always had the same username and password on all my network devices (NAS, desktop PC, laptop) in my small home network. This allows me to access network shares of other devices without having to ...
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Is it possible to use a Microsoft account and don't log in with a password?
I'm evaluating Windows 8 and there's something that's bothering me regarding the new user accounts.
First I used a local account instead of a Microsoft account for my user but to use some ...
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authenticated git commits?
I am developing code on a virtual machine that I plan to deploy later on, so I would like to use git from the virtual machine to do commits and push code to github, but do it in an authenticated way ...
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Can I use a Windows 8 picture password on a non-touchscreen device?
I use Windows 8 on a standard non-touchscreen laptop.
There is an option to Create a picture password described as "a new way to help you protect your touchscreen PC" by drawing directly on the ...
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Will the famous sticky keys' method work for cracking Windows 8 passwords? [closed]
I haven't bought Windows 8, but I'm interested in a question.
From Windows XP to Windows 7 (almost 12 years and maybe more), Windows had a great bug for cracking passwords - sticky keys.
So I'm ...
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Windows service fails to start with local user until password is entered again in logon tab
Basically we have a service where we use a local account as its logon. it has all the proper permissions, and everything is working fine, service starts and runs and all is good. Then one day, after ...
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Log in DD-WRT router via SSH works, web front end does not
I can use SSH to log in as the root user, but the same credentials are not logging me into the front end. What is going on here?
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How do I remove the “eye symbol” from password fields in Windows 8?
While I was entering my password in Gmail and other mail accounts, I could see a symbol of an "eye" in the text box.
This is really dangerous because once you click on the eye, your password is ...
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Password Protect XML-RPC
I have a service running on a server which I want to access via XML-RPC. I've installed all the necessary bits.
Within /etc/apache2/httpd.conf I have the single line
SCGIMount /RPC2 127.0.0.1:5000
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Would knowing the file names of password protected ZIP/RAR assist in cracking?
So I have a couple of password protected rars and zips (don't worry, this is for educational reasons only). I know the exact names of the files in those rars and zips. Dictionary attacking the files ...
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How to “seal” a file so that the seal must be broken to read the file?
I would like to make a digital equivalent of an envelop with a seal that must be broken to open. The idea is that it can be seen that the seal has been broken. I know that it is impossible to make ...
