Questions about authenticating wireless connections, SSH keys, or passwords in Ubuntu.
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cannot login to apache JAMES Remote Administration Tool
Is there some reason I get denied when trying:
# telnet localhost 4555
JAMES Remote Administration Tool 2.2.0
Please enter your login and password
Login id:
root
Password:
root
Welcome root. HELP ...
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“Successful su for user by root” - suspicious entries in my /var/log/auth.log?
This post on reddit made me go through my logs. That's when I discovered the following entries which appeared on two non-subsequent days. "user" is my user account.
Aug 4 22:50:37 UbuntuSystem sudo: ...
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Installed perfectly but password not working for login or authentication
I installed Ubuntu on an old XP machine (replaced XP with Ubuntu) and it seemed like it went well... Until I tried to download and install the suggested updates!
The password I set during ...
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My password won't work [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I reset a lost Administrative (root) password?
I've tried to change in grub but doesn't work. "mount -o rw; remount" doesn't allow it either
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Is there a way to lock my browser with a password?
It would be OK if it was only with my login password, but I would like to lock both midori and Firefox so that they cannot be used without entering a password. I'm running 12.04.
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How do I create one user without key authentication?
I've completed the following steps:
I have configured Ubuntu server with Key authentication and it is working fine.
I have disabled password authentication for key authentication to work.
The server ...
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Ubuntu One Client 3.02 for windows - Authentication Failure signing in with existing account
I have logged into ubuntu one using a browser successfully. But using the very same login email address and password in the windows client 3.02 gets me an 'authentication failed' message. I am 100% ...
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Configuring PAM with LDAP and Kerberos
I am trying to configure PAM with LDAP and Kerberos for authentication.
Command id <username> is working fine so LDAP seems to be working fine and also kinit is working (followed by klist) and ...
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Authentication problems with Windows client and Ubuntu One
I have the same problems as several others. I can't get past the authentication on the Windows client.
Authentication keeps failing! I have reset the password via the Ubuntu One website; I'm 100% ...
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Proxy authentication when using configuration address
I have to use a proxy at work in order to get online. For this, we have a configuration file on a server, accessible for everyone.
I enter the address like http://proxyhost/proxy.pac under ...
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Can't set inner authentication as “none” in Dynamic WEP (802.1x)
I am running 12.04, but I can not connect to my University wireless network on Dynamic WEP 802.1x. This is because it requires the "phase 2 authentication" or "inner authentication as it is known in ...
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Authentication problem during upgrade
I want to upgrade from Ubuntu 10.10 to 11.04. When I start upgrading, a window appeared with the following message:
authentication failed there may be a problem with the network or with a server
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Why can't I access super-user mode with su?
I just have managed to install Lubuntu 12.04. Now I want to do some things in the terminal like installing and configuring the Apache and a Lamp-system among other things.
I come from Open SUSE world ...
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Unable to connect to Samba printer
I have a headless Ubuntu 12.04 server for files and printers. It shares files via Samba just fine. However, the HP PSC-750xi connected to the server via USB is not accessible from my Ubuntu 12.04 ...
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chain ziproxy to a parent proxy with authentication
I looked on ziproxy's website examples, read man page, and comments in the config file, plus, i searched all over the internet and everything that I find is how to configure an authentification to ...
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Ubuntu One Authentication failed
Ubuntu one fails to authenticate from my new Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit installation but I can access my account from a browser.
I've tried resetting the password several times and I've also tried ...
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Cups is always asking for password when printing on a certain printer
When I send print to a network printer (HP Laserjet 2200d), CUPS asks for username/password. It doesn't happen with other printers and I'm sure its a CUPS issue, because it's asking the password even ...
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I get an authentication failed message when I try to remove or install software
Whenever I try to install or remove software I end up getting an authentication failed message. I've already entered my password and it tells me authentication failed. I do know my password but for ...
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How can I use a passcode generator for authentication for remote logins?
I would like to strengthen the authentication of my SSH logins by adding another factor: a passcode generator device, or a passcode generation application on my mobile phone. The only obvious options ...
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Ubuntu can't update some repositories [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What is the easiest way to resolve apt-get BADSIG GPG errors?
Why can't Ubuntu update some repositories? especially from extras.ubuntu.com, PPA Tualatrix for Ubuntu ...
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authentication problem at Ubuntu 12.04
I get this error when I try to authenticate using Gnome GUI. I have NO authentication problem when I use terminal. It is suggested here that I need to do
sudo chown -R myusername:myusername ...
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Can't log-in anymore
I installed Ubuntu x64 12.04 Desktop LTS on my new laptop three days ago.
Of course when I installed it I did an "apt-get upgrade" and a "apt-get update". I modified the .bashrc file to add some ...
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Easiest authentication for LAN networks?
There are a lot clients inside a LAN. The server is trusted, the clients are not.
It has to be ensured that other clients can not spoof another clients or the servers LAN IP address.
I want to ...
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Unable to login to ubuntu server 12.04
Unable to login Ubuntu Server 12.04. After enter login-password I see login page again.
Jun 29 16:32:54 machinename login[8450]: pam_unix(login:session):session opened for user username by ...
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Disable password authentication to set proxy information
To set up/change proxy settings on Ubuntu 12.04 (Gnome 3), i have to provide my admin password. Is it possible to disable this authentication? I don't need that any user could change it, just that i ...
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Authentication failure!
At the time of installation i gave login password and that was the login keyring password and authentication password.. then once in user accounts->login options in dat for password options i set as ...
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I have removed my password now what should I answer when it asks for password?
I used pass word earlier but for now I removed password and used to login without password. Now some actions need administrators aurthentication through password even to set password I it asks for ...
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How can I use face-recognition to login?
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit.
I am looking for a facial recognition program that I could use to log in to my account. I have heard of Pam Face Recognition, but there does not appear to be a package ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 network printing through Windows Samba server
I have to print through a Samba server sharing an HP printer. After upgrading to 12.04 I'm no longer able to get it to work.
The printer is shared through a samba server and I need to provide logon ...
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Passwordless su in a Bash script?
I've run into a dilemma while migrating a Hadoop installation from Oracle Enterprise Linux to Ubuntu. The prior developer put the following command into rc.local within OEL:
su reporter -c "cd ...
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Password not working for sudo (“Authentication failure”)
Before I mention anything further, DO NOT give me a response saying that terminal won't show password input. I'm AWARE of that.
I'm typing my user password in (not a capslock issue), and for some ...
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Adobe Air workaround for Pandora not working
I was trying this symbolic link approach because of the problem described here:
http://askubuntu.com/a/120221/70462
After I made the symlink, the installation proceeded further than before, but it ...
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Cannot authenticate without a password
The problem can be reproduced as follows:
When I remove the password of an administrator account, "Log In without Password", I cannot use that account to authenticate.
When I do something that ...
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Software Centre Freezes often in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bit [closed]
Whenever I try to install any add-ons of any software(Kile, Lyx etc) in Software Centre, it stops to respond and the screen gets dark. I'm using Dell Vostro 1450 (i3-2330m, 4GB, 500GB) and 64-bit ...
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I deleted the “/etc/passwd” file and cannot log in
I was trying to change my username and also my home directory (/home/username) and my system started to crash. I deleted the passwd file but I had a backup named passwd_bkp. I tried to rename this ...
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SVN fails trying to authenticate through ISA server proxy [closed]
I have Linux Ubuntu distribution installed (Maverick). I'm trying to use SVN through a ISA server proxy and after set Proxy authentication on config files i'm getting this error:
Could not ...
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How to configure ubuntu ldap client to get password policies from server?
I have a ldap server on CentOS, 389-ds. I configured the client, ubuntu 12.04, to authenticate on that base and it works very well. But it don't gets the password policies from server. For example, if ...
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Proxy authorisation works in Firefox but not elsewhere [closed]
My corporation requires proxy to which you need to authorise. We are running on Win7 system. I have installed VirtualBox with Ubuntu (as 1st machine) and CentOS (2nd machine).
While in Firefox ...
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I think someone logged into my computer at work
I went to get breakfast in the cafeteria and when I came back I noticed my lockscreen hadn't faded, as if it was accessed in the past 5 minutes.
There is the log file snippet for the keyword 'guest':
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I can SSH into a remote host but get “Connection reset by peer” with SSHFS, what do I miss?
I created a key pair to connect to a Synology disk from 12.04. Deployed, edit ~/.ssh/config to automatically use it. Tested:
ssh user@remotesynology
-> works like a charm. Tested on a second remote ...
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Authentication Password to install Adobe to stream movies 11.10 system [closed]
I just purchased a computer with Ubuntu from the University. They said it was freshly installed. I would like to stream media and watch DVD's for one thing. I tried to install Adobe, but I need a ...
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Downloading error “Could not retrieve the required disk image ”
When I try to download Ubuntu 12.04 using the Windows installer (Wubi) through a proxy server which requires proxy authentication, after I choose the Ubuntu installation size, username and password, ...
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Once authenticated once, passwords are cached in lightdm
We are preparing 12.04 LTS for our userbase and have done some basic configuration to the login screen (disabled guest account, removed user list, etc). However, one thing that I've noticed is that ...
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Auth failed error on windows 7 ultimate
after installing ubuntu one on windows 7 ultimate, when i try to log in, Ubuntu gives me back the message :The authentication failed.
Oh, it's OK. Perhaps I've forgotten the pass. So i clicked I've ...
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sudo in the Terminal seems not to accept password input [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Nothing shows up on the screen when I type my password
I upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and was trying to update software with sudo apt-get .... In the Terminal I am asked ...
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I cannot enter my password when using sudo to install Sophos AV for Linux
I cannot type my password as shown below. After successfully unlocking root account in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
saintmichael@ubuntu:~$ sudo
usage: sudo [-D level] -h | -K | -k | -V
usage: sudo -v [-AknS] ...
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Ubuntu One Authentication process
I went to sign up for Ubuntu One and during the sign up process, I had to wait for the authentication code before I could proceed. I thought this was an instant process and it took a while for the ...
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12.04: LightDM freezes while “Logging in…” - maybe due to deactivated login sound [closed]
good morning,
lightdm freezes often after I entered my passwort.
It hangs exactly saying "logging in...". It's no total system breakdown though.
I found out that there is already an existing bug ...
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I can log in with my password, but it's not accepted as valid for authentication
I can log in with my password just fine, but when trying to use sudo to run commands or authenticating to install software, my password does not work and my account is an administrator account. ...
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Network authentication not working
I just installed Ubuntu 12.04 and Im trying to connect it to my NAS. It connects fine to folders where there are not authentication needed. However, if I try to open a password protected folder it ...
