Questions regarding passwords and the use of them. Where and when it is needed for system security.
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PASSWORD RESET - nothing works [closed]
I installed the Ubuntu 12 on my computer along the Win 7. I set up the guest account only (switched as an administrator). I haven't using it yet until now, so i dont have such things as flash plugin ...
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Remove sudo password when connecting to *new* WiFi network
So currently when my non-admin user tries to connect to a new WiFi network (e.g. at a cafe say) NetworkManager prompts for the admin user's password. Is there a way to turn this off and to allow the ...
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Why does clicking 'Shutdown' from Menu only log me off? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
“Shutdown” or “Restart” logs out
Whenever I click 'Shutdown' from the menu it just logs me off. I have no accounts (Exept from Guest, but I keep it logged off) logged ...
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How to display password policy information for a user?
Ubuntu Documentation > Ubuntu 9.04 > Ubuntu Server Guide > Security > User Management states that there is a default minimum password length for Ubuntu:
By default, Ubuntu requires a minimum
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How to enforce company password complexity in 10.04?
I need to configure a Ubuntu 10.04 server to follow a strict company password policy that specifies the following:
at least one upper case
at least one lower case
at least one digit
at least one ...
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Being asked for password inspite of changing the sudoers file [closed]
I have included the following in the sudoers file using the visudo command
training ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
and training is part of the sudo group
training@Slave1:~$ id
uid=1000(training) ...
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How can I force chrome to save email passwords?
I am running Ubuntu Quantal (12.10) with Chrome (not Chromium) installed via terminal. Unfortunately, when it comes to mail automatic log in, for some reason Chrome doesn't offer to save passwords, ...
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When installing several programs in a row, some needed my password, some didn't. Why?
When I was installing several programs from the Ubuntu Software Center, I installed several of them in a row; for some, I was asked to provide my password; for others, I wasn't. When I removed them, ...
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How do I delete cached password for encrypted volume?
I am novice Ubuntu user. For laughs I encrypted an external USB drive and put a punch of secret stuff on it. It used to be that every-time I would attach the drive I would be challenged for a ...
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Ubuntu “1 time password on login” solution [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why is it bad to run as root?
I recently fully switched from Windows into Ubuntu. And of course I loved Ubuntu. But the most annoying thing is, system requires password ...
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How can I override passwd's checks for good passwords?
I have an encrypted /home and just had to reinstall Ubuntu. Problem is, my /home partition is encrypted with my old password, which is short, and my new system has a new password on it. I could fix ...
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User's password can not be set with passwd
I am running Ubuntu as a server, but with X-windows setup. I have SSH , Samba and RAID 5 setup. Was having trouble browsing Samba shares from my Windows 7 laptop, so I thought it might be a problem ...
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How can I access data on a computer without knowing the login password?
There are a number of files (photos, stories, poetry... etc.) on a computer that I need to retrieve. Is there any way to get around the login procedure or to get to my files without the password? Any ...
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Changed account to auto login, now su password does not work
I have one user account on my laptop, and it has the same password as the su password. I changed the user account to an auto login account, and now the user password is not accepted (i.e. ...
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How do I remove Ubuntu's password requirement?
Here are my circumstances:
I am running Ubuntu 12.04.
I have one user account.
I absolutely hate the password requirement. How do I disable this requirement such that my Linux computer will behave ...
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How stop Ubuntu from reading my password out loud every time I log on?
I turned on a certain feature on the login screen and now my password is read out loud when I type it on login. What did I turn on, and how do I turn this back off?
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how do I change permissions?
On my new install of Ubuntu 12.10, I keep having to enter passwords for EVERYTHING! I am the only user on this computer, and I am tired of having to enter all these passwords, can anyone help?
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kdialog --password used with sudo?
I am using kdialog for a small Utility in making, Now i run into this promblem. There is one or more commbined functions that take sudo 3 or 4 times in a row. So its really annoying to have to enter ...
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How can I batch decrypt a series of PDF files?
I have a bunch of PDF documents I know the password for and would like to decrypt them. How can I achieve this?
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Ubuntu 12.10 password don't works after login
During a complete fresh installation I choosed a case sensitive password with an "!" inside the string, it works fine for the normal login, but when I try to use sudo or su or passwd or some GUI stuff ...
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making login.defs active
I am attempting to apply a new password policy on my Ubuntu Server 12.04.1. I have edited the MAX_PASS_DAYS 30, MIN_PASS_DAYS 2, PASS_WARN_AGE 7 in /etc/login.defs.
The new rules do apply to any new ...
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UNLOCKING MY ACCOUNT [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I reset a lost administrative password?
I had a password for my user account.
Firstly I went to user accounts UNLOCKED it and chose the password to NONE and then ...
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Disabling Password and Key Login
I want to disable the login prompt to access the Passwords and Keys. Right clicking the prompt does not bring up a change password dialogue. Under Applications > System Tools >Preferences there is ...
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How to ENABLE password for administrator account so I am prompted when I log in?
I am new with Ubuntu, and though I am liking it a lot I am making the typical mistakes (for what I have seen on the forum :-))
I took off the password for the admin account, not knowing that this ...
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How do I restore password security for log in? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I get Ubuntu to ask me for at password at login again?
I have recently installed 12.10 to an HP Pavilion g6-2240sa laptop (dual boot addition to preloaded Windows ...
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I cant login in Ubuntu Server after passwd command [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Authentication token manipulation error
I installed Ubuntu Server using Oracle VM on my Windows 7 for practicing GNU commands.
I used the passwd tool but after using ...
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Can't login as root anymore
I wanted to change my username, and tried out this explanation here: http://askubuntu.com/a/205470/112035.
First, I changed the username in /etc/passwd to the new one. Then I wanted to change it at ...
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How to recover password without restart
So I recently installed Ubuntu on this computer, I just started using it today for the 2nd time, I needed to install some video plugins to use for the web and it asked me for a password.
I do not ...
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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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How do I make Empathy match my keyring with my password?
I changed my password a few months ago from the password I first used when I installed Ubuntu on my machine. I tried to add a Google Talk account to Empathy, but every time Empathy gives me a message ...
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How do I delete the boot passphrase?
I'm using ubuntu 12.10 and I set it up to have a password to login, and apparently, I also selected to have a password on boot-up. I went into my BIOS and made sure start-up/HDD password is turned ...
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How do I set a password for guest login
Want to set a guest session password for login. How do you do this after skipping it at OS install?
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how do I enter a sudo command when part of my password contains uppercase letters and numbers
Part of my password contains numbers and uppercase letters. How can I know that I am correctly typing my password in a terminal when invoking sudo?
I am not very computer literate, so I would ...
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Cannot reset my password
I cannot reset my password
I'm kinda stuck... I tried resetting my password with the recovery mode but it says error!
Does anybody know how to solve my problem???
I also could upload some ...
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Pasword space is blank under VMWare, what can I do?
I upgraded to Ubuntu 12.10 on my VMWare and now the password space is just not there. It says the name of user but no space to enter the password. What to do?
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How to Enter into Recovery mode? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I boot into a root shell?
How would I boot into the Ubuntu and Windows recovery modes if I removed the options to do so from the Grub menu?
My root password has ...
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Can't log in on boot up
I set this computer up with Ubuntu for my neighbor about two years ago. Today she tried her normal boot up and log in and her password isn't accepted. I've double checked and she's using what I set ...
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How to get on wifi without administrator password
How can I get online on a Ubuntu PC without the administrator password? I have ordinary user privileges, and the wifi itself is not password protected.
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How to get the Admin password back? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I reset a lost administrative password?
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How to get the Admin password back?
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Hello
Im running on Linux Ubuntu 11.10 and I cannot change my admin password ...
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Why is the login section of “passwords and keys” empty
Where are passwords stored for the user. As a test I deleted the files stored in /home/user/.gnome2/keyrings expecting to have to re-enter my WiFi password at least but it had no effect. So where are ...
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CLI mod(root) dont accept login credentials on ubuntu 12.10
to install nvidia 304.64 driver on ubuntu 12.10 i need to login as root but it doeant accept my username and password and says incorrect login i also has created a root password but still have the ...
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Security aspects of home dir encryption [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there a security risk if a password can be reset easily?
Changing the login password will automatically make an encrypted home directory re-accessible, as PAM takes ...
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Open password protected .ods as root. Forgotten password
Sometime ago I made a .ods file with Libreoffice Calc which I password protected. I have now forgotten the password and so am unable to access the file. Is there any way of bypassing the password as ...
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My Lenovo Z580 won't remove password requirement when it wakes and also will not save wake settings
When I go into my Control Panel\Hardware and Sound\Power Options\System Settings and select the option to remove a password required after it wakes it shows this option as turned off. However it ...
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have no password but terminal ask for one [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I reset a lost administrative password?
I erased my password on the user account configuration,
but now, in the terminal, when I try to input a command
it ask me ...
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Multiple Passwords on One Account
I'd like to join three ideas into one interesting and sometimes useful feature. There was a question about using multiple passwords earlier this year, but it didn't receive much attention. I'd like to ...
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password does not work for everything “anymore”!
I did set my password as I installed Ubuntu some months ago, and all is running flawless up to few days ago. Since then, although I did never change my password, the whole authentication is not ...
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authentication is required to change user data
I set administrator password to blank. Now, I can't install new programs (message see in title), or change the admin password ("change" button grayed out). I tried a suggested fix from inside the ...
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authentication version 12.10
I'm trying to sign in, log on, but I continually get a box saying password. Not recognized. I noticed in first boot up it mentioned password failed, shadow password would be used instead. I don't know ...
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Place for password is blocked [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
No cursor output on the sceen when typing password in terminal
I am running Ubuntu 12-10.
This is my trouble:
When I write (for example) sudo apt-get install Wine in ...
