Questions about authenticating wireless connections, SSH keys, or passwords in Ubuntu.
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Ubuntu Wifi Not Connecting (And keeps asking for authentication every minute or so)
This is a problem in 12.10 that has been driving me nuts, and it's a problem with the wifi. Ubuntu will never connect to the network. All of my other devices work fine.
What will happen is I will ...
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After 12.10, no GUI can authenticate for administration, such as Software Center
I upgraded to 12.10, and now I can't use Software Center or Network Administration. It keeps giving me an authentication errors. When I check /var/log/auth.log, I see:
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hp desktjet 1000 j110 network needs authentication
I have a DesktopJet 1000 j110 printer that is detected and shared among the network i have setup..the problem I'm running into is it WANTS authentication to print..I never setup a password, or a ...
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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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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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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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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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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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Disable constant user authentication
I've been using windows for 10 years, and now discovered Ubuntu, which is way cooler, but the downside is that I'm at a complete lost.. So far , so good but what I find annoying is that I have to type ...
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Picasa 3.9 login fails with 2-factor authentication
I've installed Picasa 3.9 via the instructions at webupd8, however the login window keeps failing with the message, "You must be connected to the Internet to use this feature." If "Try again" is tried ...
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“Wireless authentification” appears even when wep key is saved
In Ubuntu 11.10 dialog Box "Wireless authentification requiered" appears even when the wep key it's alraedy saved in system.
That appears when I lost wireless connection and the system retry to ...
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Unable to login after changing 'root' name in /etc/passwd
I have ubuntu server on AWS(amazon web services) EC2 . I access it remotely through Putty service on my windows. Unfortunately i have changed the username 'root' to some other editing the file ...
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likewise open auth to AD
I have installed likewise open via apt-get on 11.04 server 32 bit and have sucessfully joined our domain. however when trying to login via putty using a domain account I cannot complete the ...
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How do I enable account lockout using pam_tally? [closed]
I am trying to implement account lockout in ubuntu using pam_tally. I have tried adding the follwing lines in /etc/pam.d/common-auth
auth required pam_tally.so deny=3
account required ...
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$_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_DIGEST'] empty with mod_auth_digest enabled
The output from sudo apachectl -t -D DUMP_MODULES
Loaded Modules:
core_module (static)
log_config_module (static)
logio_module (static)
mpm_prefork_module (static)
http_module (static)
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User credentials not recognised in virtual terminal
Whenever i switch to a virtual terminal, using ctrl+alt+F1 etc.. it asks me for my user credentials:
*computername* login:
At this point i enter my Username, followed by my Password. However the ...
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NIS client authentication
How to configure the nis client on ubuntu? and how to configure system authentication? there is no option for system authentication like system setting system info in my system etc.
when ever i go ...
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How to make simple system user authentication work with postfix/dovecot on 12.10?
I have been wrestling on this a LOT. I never properly understood but I presume that authentication by the system users is done with PAM and the default authentication method for both Dovecot and ...
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Can I auto-authenticate an M86 web filter?
I'm currently doing an independent study that involves setting up a mock Ubuntu Network - the problem is, the school is required by law to use a web filter, and this makes it difficult to ...
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Why does my browser asks for authentication at every page while connected to a public Wifi?
I have this problem: I try to connect my laptop with Ubuntu 13.04 to a public Wifi. I provided my personal user and password (I entered my user id and password in the first page after connection) but ...
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Unknown module with PAM authentication and IPSec/OpenSwan VPN on 12.10
I have setup a VPN on my home Ubuntu 12.10 server using instructions found here using CHAP authentication:
https://raymii.org/s/tutorials/IPSEC_L2TP_vpn_with_Ubuntu_12.10.html
I'd like to now change ...
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Authentication needed in turpial everytime I log in
I am looking for a good linux twitter client, and of all the things I tried, I liked turpial the best.
Unfortunately, when I used it in 12.10, no matter what I did, I was asked to do the entire ...
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Accessing share without defining host
I've created multiple Samba shares using "net usershare" and they work perfectly. The only question is that the user connecting to the share has to use one of the following two formats to log in ...
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Authentication window in GNOME disappears before I have a chance to type in the password
Sporting 12.10 with Gnome Shell.
When I start graphical Software updater manager, and click "Install now", I got "Authentication Required" window prompt as per usual. However, after I've typed couple ...
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Login to phpMyAdmin with a domain user
Is there a way to allow domain users to log into phpMyAdmin using their credentials?
My Ubuntu Server 12.04.2 is on a Windows Domain and I need each or at least users of a certain group to be able to ...
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Authentication required for every 1 hour for Internet but NO proxy. How do I get out from this problem?
OS: Ubuntu 12.04 and/or above
My system connected to University campus Internet which has no proxy. But needs authentication (username and password) for every 1 hour. If the web-browser is running ...
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When I run Prey Configurator, it won't take my password
I've just installed Prey from the website (not the Raring repos).
When I try to run Prey Configurator, it prompts me for my password, but then says it's wrong when I enter my user password.
I'm an ...
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apt authentication failure on self-signed package
I did create a gpg key using "gpg --gen-key", here is the listing:
> gpg --list-keys
/home/<user>/.gnupg/pubring.gpg
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pub 2048R/99EDE0B7 2013-02-05
uid ...
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How can I disable/change the admin password?
I recently started using Ubuntu 12.10. I was trying to install drivers for a printer I just obtained and I wanted my laptop to look like it was suspended, so I set the When lid is closed option to Do ...
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Still can't recover/change password in Ubunti 12.04 [duplicate]
I, like others, set my password to "None" thinking that I would be able to log in without having to enter a password every time. Now I can't log in as Admin. to load apps, etc. I have tried the ...
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How to login using domain\user and AD password? [duplicate]
I have Ubuntu 12.10 machine that has been joined to an active directory domain. However, when the machine turns on and I am presented with a login screen, I can't just type DOMAIN\user. All I can do ...
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Upgrade from 12.04 to 12.10 failed
I have noticed this is a common problem. By googling Authentication failed, a lot of pages can be found but no one can help solve the problem.
I also notice a lot of similar questions have been closed ...
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Authentication failure when trying to install
I've installed Ubuntu on my netbook, and when trying to install Steam, or Skype it gives me this authentication popup, when I try to enter my password it simply says "authentication failure" and... ...
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Disconnecting from WLAN
I get the following... Can anyone explain what "reason=1" means? I searched but can not find anything.
kernel: [18897.983059] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:0f:7d:9e:0f:13 by local choice (reason=1)
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How do I authenticate over a domain while doing apt-get update? [duplicate]
I am getting various 401 auth errors when trying to sudo apt-get update.
I am connected to my corp vpn and have an SSH into my Ubuntu machine.
How can I authenticate using my network login/pw to ...
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Wireless problems with HP Mini 210 1100 and Netcomm NB16VW
Just switched modem from an older Netcomm router / modem after power supply failed.
Old router - NetComm NB9WMAXX
New Router - Netcomm NB16VW
I've configured everything the same on the new router ...
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Why do I get “Authentication Failure”? [duplicate]
I recently installed Ubuntu 12.10.
As i started the terminal and ran the command su which we usually use to perform root operations and to get the # symbol.
After running the command it asks me to ...
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How to disable default keyring on lubuntu 11.10
Since Lubuntu 11.10 doesn`t have GUI for default keyring and I cannot disable it. I entered my password by mistake when I was prompted for default keyring. Now it asks for password everytime when I ...
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Why do I keep getting “authentication code required for network connection”?
I just can't seem to get an internet connection. Connection is there with windows - which I am using just now.
I just did a Windows install of 12.10 but when trying to get a net connection I keep ...
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Log file size or age
I'd like to change various log files (particularly auth.log) to retain info for anywhere from the last 30-90 days. Right now it only has about 4 days worth of info. How do I modify these settings ...
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Can't install Ubuntu 12.10 from USB
I can't install Ubuntu 12.10 from USB drive. I tried LiLi, UNetBootin, Universal usb installer and others for create USB. It boots and I can select "Try Ubuntu without installing" and "Install Ubuntu ...
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Authenticaton Problem - Online Accounts
I've got authentication problems. I'm trying to set online accounts settings for empathy in the main settings menu.
I can't get to page Where I can enter my ID's (or e-mail) and my password because ...
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Can not authenticate in Gnome to install packages
I can not install anything through 'Ubuntu Software Center'. The system refuse to accept the su password that it accepts in terminal. It might be relevant that I've had change the user's password a ...
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Update manager will not update due to authentication error
I press 'Install Updates' and then it will say
Requires installation of untrusted packages
The action would require the installation of packages from not authenticated sources.
then it will ...
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Error "unauthorized 407 while using sudo apt-get update [duplicate]
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‘apt-get’ does not work with Proxy
I am behind a proxy server so I get the unauthorized 407 error.
When I do apt-get update then I get this error:
Some index files ...
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Can not complete authentication in any change [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I reset a lost administrative password?
Whatever change I may want to do or download from UBUNTU software center in Edubuntu 11.10, the dialog appearing like ...
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Use a proxy which connects to the school proxy
How to get my computer use a proxy ON my computer, which connects to the school proxy ?
The reason I ask this, is because I need all programs on my computer, absolutely the whole system to go through ...
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Diagnose and Fix PAM Configuration
I have a server that has a number of wierd authentication related issues. Just to give a couple of examples, first, I cannot get adduser to work properly.
Adding user `test' ...
Adding new group ...
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Upgrade from 11.04 to 11.10 - authentication error [closed]
I keep getting this error while trying to upgrade from 11.04 to 11.10:
authentication failed. Authenticating the upgrade failed. There may
be a problem with the network or with the server
Why ...
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public key is not available? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I fix the GPG error “NO_PUBKEY”?
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -get upgrade
Fetched 1,307 kB in 42s (30.9 kB/s) ...
