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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How do I find out which tablets have true multiuser support? [closed]
My small services company has 10 possible users of 3 tablets. The idea is for my technicians to sign-in to the tablet, bring it with them to a client site, use GPS positioning (tablet must have LTE), ...
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Connect to S3 Web Console with Access and Secret Key
Is it possible to authenticate in the Amazon S3 console (https://s3.console.aws.amazon.com) using an access key/secret key pair? It looks like it only accepts user credentials. If not, is there any ...
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Is there a way to prevent saved authentication in Tortoise SVN at the Server level?
I am using Tortoise SVN on my Window server and I am trying to not have a username/password stored. I was able to figure out that if I make changes to %appdata%\Subversion\config enabling:
store-...
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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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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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Google auth saying invalid code every time I try other method to log in without my security key on device without compatible port
I set up a Google account with a USB-C security key, and I am trying to log in to a device that only has USB-A ports. I do not have a compatible adapter at the moment.
On the USB-A-only device when I ...
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How to skip further PAM checking when breaking from a command (SIGINT / ctrl+c)?
I have a custom PAM setting for sudo, to use Howdy, an application using face recognition for authentication.
My current /etc/pam.d/sudo looks like this:
#%PAM-1.0
auth sufficient pam_unix.so ...
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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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How to access a non-trusted SSH server without a password and without providing your private key?
This answer explains how to set up a key-based ssh authentication to avoid re-typing the password at each access.
However, it apparently requires providing the server with a client's private key (No! ...
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How does the Key generation for Yubikeys/FIDO2 keys work if you can generate an infinitive amount
I'm asking myself how they have done it, or if anyone could explain it to me.
I have found this source where it is described, but I don't quiet get it.
For my understanding, it is not storing the ...
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Unable to configure AWX with Okta
I have been trying to configure SAML (okta) on AWX without success for some time now.
The user is getting a 400: Bad Request Error Code: GENERAL_NONSUCCESS error.
The current SAML configuration:
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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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GMail SMTP rejects email from my domain, claiming it is a "security risk" if I haven't authenticated
This evening I sent an email to a Cornell University address of someone, following a website interaction; I'd not written him before. I got this in reply from [email protected] (anonymized):
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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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Ever since changing to Windows 11 we have some workstations that now and then try to connect via smart card, but we don't use smart cards
Ever since changing to Windows 11 we have some workstations that now and then try to connect via smart card, but we don't use smart cards.
The event occurs with the computer's account, not a user's ...
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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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Transfer a file via scp with key auth
I need to transfer a file from machine source to machine target, executing the scp command on source machine.
The source machine has a private key, and the target machine has source's public key ...
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Apache basic auth: Why am I getting "HTTP 401 Invalid credential" with correct credentials?
I have these settings in my vhost conf file:
<Location / >
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/.htpasswd
AuthName "Please log in with your Apache username and password&...
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Configure Office 365 POP3 Account with OAuth2 in Microsoft Outlook 2016
Recently Microsoft deactivated Office 365 Basic Authentication, causing all POP3 email accounts in my organization configured in Outlook 2016 client to stop working and display a password error.
If I ...
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Is it possible to disable Windows Hello trying to be my FIDO2 credential?
Sometimes when I try to register using FIDO2, windows asks me for my Windows Hello PIN so that it can authenticate me.
Windows Hello asking for a PIN:
AFAIK this is windows offering to be a "...
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Chrome Seems To Get Authentication/Credentials/Permissions Stuck
I've run into the same issue a few times now & I'm not sure what the problem is or why.
The Situation:
In Chrome I login to a site, or use a site that stores some sort of cookie
Something changes,...
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Why does Chrome not save username and password for some sites
There are certain internal sites where Chrome will not offer to save the credentials. I have entered them into the Autofill section, but it will still not use them.
This example is for my Unify ...
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How to switch Outlook 365 client account from Basic Auth to Modern Auth without simply adding a new account?
It seems today is the day Microsoft disabled Basic Auth on my account and I have 20 clients to switch to Modern Auth.
Anyone know how to switch an account inside the Outlook 365 client from Basic Auth ...
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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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How to add given public ssh key to my server
So, my question is if I am given a public key how am I going to use it to allow access to a user?
Apart from the real one user that I want to add, for testing purposes I have created an another user; ...
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How to add public ssh key in putty [closed]
So, I was given a public key and asked -among other things- to set up ssh key authentication only and to add a user to my server that could log in to the server with this public key. I created another ...
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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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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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Allow bind user to authenticate users against the domain but not give them access to domain controller
I have a small testing/homelab domain with Nextcloud authenticating users against Active Directory on Server 2019. Nextcloud uses a bind user (ncbind) to authenticate users against the directory. Note ...
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How do I setup Digest Auth on CUPS for adding a printer on a computer
I want to restrict adding my printer by requiring a login when they try like protected windows printers.
I havent been able to find a guide that helps.
I found something to enable Digest Auth but ...
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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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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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How to get the eduroam network settings right on Linux? With that CA certificate, and without the installer from the eduroam website?
Tried to follow an eduroam guide on a university site. That you can download the public installer from http://www.eduroam.org/, choose the university, and that is all. For Linux, this was a Python ...
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Unlock Windows Computer with Push Notification
I have a Windows 10 PC which I am using for my media center/gaming, and as per usual (for me), I have a long, difficult to enter password. Thus, it's kind of a pain to resume the machine, pull out my ...
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How do I solve RealVNC on Ubuntu 22.04 authentication
I upgraded to Ubuntu 22.04 and discovered that RealVNC is no longer working. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling (in terminal). I'm currently getting an error message that states: ...
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How can I connect smart lightbulbs to a public Wi-Fi network that requires a web page to be opened to enter credentials for use?
I'm posting this question here as I've been stuck with this issue for a while now, without finding any good solution...
I'm looking to connect my smart lightbulbs and other connected equipment in my ...
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Using different SMTP server in Outlook sends email with wrong address in header
I've exclusively used Linux for almost 30 years now, but my wife is on Windows 10 with Outlook 2019 and today it's brought me close to hurling her laptop out the window.
The situation: I need to set ...
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What is the default Enster IP Camera's username and password?
I have an Enster PTZ Cameras. My model number specifically is NST-IPC7175-W. When I boot this camera up, I can see exposed on the network as 192.168.1.88, however the printed instructions don't tell ...
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net use with domain account (where device is local machine) causes UNC mapping to yield Access Denied error
We have a group of Win10 machines (along with several dozen various Windows servers) on a LAN with a Domain Controller. Most things are controlled through group policy. We are working on a script to ...
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Why does Pass-the-ticket work?
So, I've been informing myself about how Kerberos works and what attacks can be launched/defended against. One vulnerability I have read about is the "Pass-the-ticket" attack, when for ...
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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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Finding Public Ip Address of security camera
I have installed my home security camera and it's run on 192.168.192.2 localhost and is accessible through android apps. But I would like to know what the public IP address of this camera is so I can ...
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Excel powerquery with sharepoint workbook - We couldn't authenticate with the credentials provided
I'm trying to add a SharePoint 365 workbook as an Excel data source to another SharePoint 365 workbook.
I am signed in with the correct account according to Excel. When I try to add the data source, ...
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Visual Studio Connection Manager doesn't accept private key
I wish to connect visual studio (2022) to my laptop for cross compilation of c++ projects. I am having an issue however. It doesn't accept the connection.
I have read on another question, that visual ...
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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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