Questions tagged [password]
Passwords are used to check user identity or authenticate, for example log in to a user account, to gain elevated privileges with `sudo` or with encryption. Use this tag when asking about using and managing passwords, and understanding where and when they are needed for system security.
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How to check password strength [duplicate]
I wrote this script but [:alnum:] doesnt work. Anyone help?
echo -n "Enter a password : "
read password
LEN=$(echo ${#password})
if [ $LEN -lt 10 ]; then
echo "$password is smaller than 10 ...
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How can I merge multiple keyrings into a single one?
I have a number of keyrings stored inside ~/.local/share/keyrings. Is it possible to merge all those into a single default keyring?
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How do I know login and password of my virtual machine
I use a virtual machine called 'RelaxEd' on VirtualBox (Ubuntu 16.04 amd64). After starting it I will be able to access localhost:3000 and then load the web pages. For some reasons I copied its files ...
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How to unlock Gnome's keyring with a FDE password at system boot?
Is it possible to unlock Gnome's keyring (Seahorse) by entering the full disk encryption (FDE) password when Ubuntu 17.10 is booting? At the moment, I have to enter two passwords, the FDE password and ...
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Ubuntu Keyring on Library Public Computers
For context, I'm putting together a couple of computers for public use at my library. I've set up Lethe to use a frozen OS install to reset everything on boot, and I'm using Clonezilla to image and ...
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Please login with your GNOME Account (online account)
In trying to login to gnome paste, " Please login with your GNOME Account", I get Authentication failed, please try again. -- fair enough. But what are my login credentials? How do I find them?
So ...
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Sudo password is not working [duplicate]
We had to do some configuration to our system in our company and they wanted to do these steps:
sudo vi /etc/pam_radius_auth.conf
Add
*****.com ***radius 3
Add auth sufficient pam_radius_auth.so ...
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Login keyring password "no longer matches"
I just started using Ubuntu on a Parallel desktop off Mac OSx. I am hoping to use this platform to operate my astronomy hardware from my Mac instead of Windows.
The first issue I am encountering is ...
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How can I merge password logins in Passwords and Keys?
I have multiple Logins in Passwords and Keys (presumably created by Chrome).
Is there any possibility to merge those so I have to unlock only one upon start of Chrome instead of multiple?
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Unable to login after password change, having home directory encrypted
I have ubuntu mate.
I have recently changed my password using the passwd command. I know now that I have made a mistake because I also have my home directory encrypted with the previous password.
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Prompt sudo password until correct one is given and store it in bash script variable [duplicate]
I'd like to remove the need for the user to type a password multiple times for a bash script that runs sudo commands. How can I loop for password until something like sudo echo returns 0, and then ...
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How to allow SSH only with RSA key, and SFTP with password and chroot?
On my Ubuntu 16.04 LTS server, I would like to do the following things:
Enable a non-root admin user with sudo privileges to SSH in to the server using an RSA key (no password)
Enable selected non-...
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Is UNIX password the root password . i changed UNIX password ? I did not find the right answer before posting this [duplicate]
To change unix password from command line:
i used :
To change the root password:
sudo passwd
This gave instructions to change the UNIX password.
It did not change my user password, who is the only ...
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How can I open kontact without having to enter a kdewallet password each time?
I use Kubuntu 17.04 with akonadictl 5.4.3 Each time I boot Kubuntu a dialog box says,
"akonadi_imap_resource.2 (or kontact) has requested to open the wallet 'kdewallet'
I enter my password and the ...
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How can I open Skype without entering a keyring password each time?
I use Kubuntu 17.04 with Auto Login. My Login password is different than my Keyring and Kwallet passwords. Each time I open Skype for Linux Beta 5.5.0.1 a dialog box opens saying
Enter password ...
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Cannot unlock screen after manual lock in Ubuntu 17.04 with Unity
I have recently reinstalled Ubuntu 17.04 on a new laptop using full disk encryption, having forgotten to enable it the first time.
To save some time on configuration, I created a backup of my home ...
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Password checking takes long even though it's not wrong
I'm aware that there is an intended delay when entering a wrong password. However, since about yesterday, my Ubuntu 16.04 takes 10-20 seconds or sometimes even more to verify the password, even though ...
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Is it considered good practice to avoid using `sudo su`? [duplicate]
The root password is disabled by default so nobody can directly log into the root account.
However I can still log into root another way by doing sudo su and entering my own password, given that I am ...
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What stops someone from setting root password?
From what I can tell there is no password for root given by default, and it's considered a bad idea to set one.
But then what stops me or any other user from doing sudo passwd root or something like ...
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RescueTime asks for first time login every time Ubuntu starts [closed]
I love the RescueTime productivity app. I use the browser version and the desktop version of RescueTime to track my activities. As you might see below, I have RescueTime as one of the applications ...
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setting an x11vnc password file
I want to set x11vnc password via puppet/foreman.
Is there any way to make a password file server-side?
I want to be able to put it in foreman plaintext (or pre-obscured one but without installing ...
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Cannot connect to my samba Share
I need some help. I am new to Linux and I am having problems setting up Samba. I have installed Linux Server 16.04 on an old PC and I don't seem to be able to connect from my Mac to the shares I have ...
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Why is anything I do as root temporary?
Long story short:
On this server I had lost the password to the server root account, as well as a secondary non-root account. Thus, leaving me powerless to change the non-root password (or to do ...
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Does SEAHORSE can really show every password in clear? [closed]
Can Seahorse really show all my passwords in clear text without re-asking for the root password? Isn't that a security issue?
Does it mean that all remote users can also see them?
If someone saves ...
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Does resetting user password from root cause any file problems?
When i reset the password on my HDD in root (shell) whilst in recovery mode, does it lead to all data being deleted on this HDD? I heard this somewhere, and i sincerely hope its not true, because i ...
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problem with keyring prompt
Keyring and user accounts reject my login password. I can use this password when logging in at start up and sudo accepts it ok when using terminal. However when i use the same password to unlock user ...
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Activate root account without password in preseed file
I need to create minimal preseed file that will activate root account without password.
I checked the forums but couldn't find anything useful.
Disclaimer:
I understand risks of root account without ...
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Introduce PostgreSLQ password automatically using psql and -F parameter in bash script
I'm trying to develop a cli using bash scripting to retrieve reports from a PostgreSQL database.
I'm using psql command and -F parameter to create a CSV with the result.
So the command is something ...
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Up-to-date password manager with import CSV option
I just tried KeePassX with high hopes ( I see it referenced everywhere) only to find that it doesn't have an option for importing a CSV file.
I have many passwords that are very long (50+ chars.) ...
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LDAP password policy minimum length is not working in Ubuntu 16.04
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I have a working LDAP server. Next added password policy to LDAP server. My password ldif looks like this:
dn: cn=MyPolicy,ou=Policies,dc=XXX,dc=XXXX
cn: MyPolicy
objectClass: ...
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Can the sudo password be used to access a user's personal data? [closed]
Specifically, if someone knows my sudo password, can they get my internet password from my browser?
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One liner for login using su
I know you can use su to switch users within the terminal. As the account I use is non-root (without superuser permissions), it brings up a password prompt for the user I log into.
Is there a way to ...
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Recovering encrypted home dir password
When installing Ubuntu some 5 years ago on my laptop I chose to encrypt my home dir.
Now my laptop broke down and I would like to recover the data. I can still login and my home dir gets decrypted ...
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USB shared among students: set a password just for writing
I'm a school teacher and I'd like to share files in a USB stick among students and so among different OS.
In particular I would like to set a password for writing/changing, while the content of ...
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Prevent logging in without password
On my Ubuntu 16.04 LTS system the normal unity desktop is installed. There are 2 users, my admin account with password, and the standard account for my child with password. Initially it was configured ...
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Lubuntu can't unlock
I am testing Lubuntu 16.04.3 as I want a lightweight UI on a machine that will mostly be used as a server. I want the screen to lock if a user walks away, so that if someone forgets to lock the ...
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Password required for ubuntu core on raspberry Pi3 after configuration (ssh login)
I followed the instructions for generating a pair of private and public key as in help.ubuntu.com/community/SSH/OpenSSH/Keys. I uploaded the pub key on my SSO account, I copied ubuntu-core-16-pi3.img ...
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GPG - old password works instead of new one
Strange situation here: I changed my GPG password some time ago but when using script to encrypt/decrypt folder, I have to enter my old password to decrypt files.
I changed password to my GPG key (...
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Ubuntu 14.04 | Reset password asking me to Retype new password twice. Ideally it should be once
I recently tried to implement password policy (at least one digit, upper case, lowercase, a special character) using pam_cracklib module. After that, the system asks me to retype password twice ...
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Gnome's installed user ubuntu without me knowing its password
I created a virtual machine with vagrant. The machine is ubuntu/trusty64.
I then logged in to the machine and installed gnome desktop with this command:
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-gnome-desktop
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How to use Ubuntu without entering a password
Is it possible to use Ubuntu without having to enter a password every time? I am getting tired of entering my password whenever I want to use Ubuntu on my own computer. When I was using Windows, I ...
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Is there any way to set up pin or password for a directory and file in ubuntu? [duplicate]
I wanted to lock any directory with a password, is it possible to set up pin or password for any directory or file without using third party tools like cryptkeeper.
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SSH no password problem
I start to do SSH session without password. Now I can connect to my server like this:
bash-3.2$ ./dev2
Enter passphrase for key '/Users/roger/.ssh/id_rsa':
Welcome to Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS (GNU/Linux 2....
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SSH to a login to Ubuntu Core on Raspberry Pi3 requires password
I've just installed Ubuntu Core 16 on a Raspberry Pi 3. When I login using my private ssh key, it always needs a password.
I installed it by following the official provided guide.
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where do I set the password on computer A for file and drive sharing?
I am trying to grab some files from my desktop to my laptop.
all seems good. The laptop can see the desktop and the various drives.
BUT when I try to access the drives, I am being prompted for a ...
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Authentication failed when logging into linode server via SSH when password correct
I have recently been unable to login my linode server via ssh as a user, even though my username and password are correct. I am very new to all this so apologies for any obvious mistakes. I have used ...
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password protected folders [duplicate]
Is it possible to create password protected folders on the desktop?
Other people use my computer from time to time and it would be useful to have this facility.
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Does Enpass work on Ubuntu? [closed]
I am new with Enpass and was searching for some Password manager which works on all 3 main OS's (Linux, Windows, OS X) and I found Envato.
Tested it on Windows and MAC and it works perfectly fine!
BUT,...
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SSH Permission denied (using right password)
I am having troubles setting an ssh connection between two laptops of mine. I tried different solutions posted on-line, but nothing worked. Since I am pretty new with SSH, I might be missing something ...
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login in problem with correct password
I cannot login in Ubuntu 16.04 although correct password is entered. The password works when using in Crtl+alt+f1.
I searched online similar problems and tried, but it didn't work out.
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