Re: Debian 12 live cd username and password problem

2024-03-05 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Tue, Mar 5, 2024 at 11:30 AM Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 5, 2024 at 11:22 AM genti pp wrote: > > > > I want to install debian 12 but I need to try it first. > > Having Debian 12 live iso it asks me for username and password. Please tell > > me the correct username and password so I

Re: Debian 12 live cd username and password problem

2024-03-05 Thread Махно
Hello. Default login and password for the Debian live is user / live 2024-03-05, an, 18:22 genti pp rašė: > > Hello! > I want to install debian 12 but I need to try it first. > Having Debian 12 live iso it asks me for username and password. Please tell > me the correct username and password so

Re: Debian 12 live cd username and password problem

2024-03-05 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Tue, Mar 5, 2024 at 11:22 AM genti pp wrote: > > I want to install debian 12 but I need to try it first. > Having Debian 12 live iso it asks me for username and password. Please tell > me the correct username and password so I can try it. I usually use 'sudo su -' from the command line. Somet

Re: Debian 12 live cd username and password problem

2024-03-05 Thread Kushal Kumaran
On Tue, Mar 05 2024 at 02:28:08 PM, genti pp wrote: > Hello! > I want to install debian 12 but I need to try it first. > Having Debian 12 live iso it asks me for username and password. Please tell > me the correct username and password so I can try it. > Thank you in advance! username: user passw

Debian 12 live cd username and password problem

2024-03-05 Thread genti pp
Hello! I want to install debian 12 but I need to try it first. Having Debian 12 live iso it asks me for username and password. Please tell me the correct username and password so I can try it. Thank you in advance!

Re: password problem

2016-07-13 Thread Bob Holtzman
On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 01:23:32AM +, der.hans wrote: > Am 11. Jul, 2016 schwätzte Bob Holtzman so: > > moin moin Bob, > > >Running a new hard drive in my Thinkpad 420 laptop and trying to install > >jessie. Everything went fine until it failed to configure the net work > >with dns. Strange,

Re: password problem

2016-07-12 Thread Curt
On 2016-07-12, der.hans wrote: >> >>;s The installation proceeded smoothly to the end and I tried to log in. >> That's where the wheels came off. The os wouldn't take the password no >> matter how many tries there were. > > Have you tried from a virtual terminal as well as from X? Did he try from

Re: password problem

2016-07-11 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 10:25:35PM -0300, Daniel Bareiro wrote: > Hi, Bob. > > On 11/07/16 22:02, Bob Holtzman wrote: > > > Running a new hard drive in my Thinkpad 420 laptop and trying to install > > jessie. Everything went fine until it failed to

Re: password problem

2016-07-11 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 7/11/16, der.hans wrote: > Am 11. Jul, 2016 schwätzte Bob Holtzman so: > > moin moin Bob, >> >> The installation proceeded smoothly to the end and I tried to log in. >> That's where the wheels came off. The os wouldn't take the password no >> matter how many tries there were. > > Have you tried

Re: password problem

2016-07-11 Thread der.hans
Am 11. Jul, 2016 schwätzte Bob Holtzman so: moin moin Bob, Running a new hard drive in my Thinkpad 420 laptop and trying to install jessie. Everything went fine until it failed to configure the net work with dns. Strange, since I had a good connection to the modem and was getting a signal at th

Re: password problem

2016-07-11 Thread Daniel Bareiro
Hi, Bob. On 11/07/16 22:02, Bob Holtzman wrote: > Running a new hard drive in my Thinkpad 420 laptop and trying to install > jessie. Everything went fine until it failed to configure the net work > with dns. Strange, since I had a good connection to the modem and was > getting a signal at the

password problem

2016-07-11 Thread Bob Holtzman
Running a new hard drive in my Thinkpad 420 laptop and trying to install jessie. Everything went fine until it failed to configure the net work with dns. Strange, since I had a good connection to the modem and was getting a signal at the ethernet connection where the cable connected to the lapt

wifi password problem solved, or at least, worked around.

2014-10-06 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, 28 Sep 2014 21:28:35 +, Hendrik Boom wrote: > Near the beginning of September, I reported suddenly being unable to > connect to wifi in coffee shops. Around the same time, I has done a > routine upgrade to my jessie system; I do this every week or two. > > Everything had been working

Re: Password problem confirmed as repeatable - was [Re: Newbie password problem(s)]

2012-11-18 Thread Richard Owlett
Chris Bannister wrote: On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 12:46:38AM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: Hi, On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 06:31:50AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: ... I've been a "computer user" since before Mr. Torvalds was born. I just never had reason to have contact with *nix. Even when working for DE

Re: Password problem confirmed as repeatable - was [Re: Newbie password problem(s)]

2012-11-18 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 12:46:38AM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 06:31:50AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > ... > > I've been a "computer user" since before Mr. Torvalds was born. I > > just never had reason to have contact with *nix. Even when working > > for DEC I was

Re: Password problem confirmed as repeatable - was [Re: Newbie password problem(s)]

2012-11-17 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi,I thought about different approach ... Since On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 12:46:38AM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 06:31:50AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > ... > > I've been a "computer user" since before Mr. Torvalds was born. I > > just never had reason to have con

Re: Password problem confirmed as repeatable - was [Re: Newbie password problem(s)]

2012-11-17 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 06:31:50AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: ... > I've been a "computer user" since before Mr. Torvalds was born. I > just never had reason to have contact with *nix. Even when working > for DEC I was much more into analog than digital. I see. I guess you were a VMS or so

Re: Password problem confirmed as repeatable - was [Re: Newbie password problem(s)]

2012-11-17 Thread Richard Owlett
Osamu Aoki wrote: Hi, On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 01:53:47PM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: Terho Uotila wrote: Unless you want to try very minimal system you probably want shadow passwords. I do not understand. Going by text displayed during the installation I had the impression that shadow pass

Re: Password problem confirmed as repeatable - was [Re: Newbie password problem(s)]

2012-11-16 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 01:53:47PM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > Terho Uotila wrote: > >Unless you want to try very minimal system you probably want shadow > >passwords. > > I do not understand. > Going by text displayed during the installation I had the > impression that shadow passwords w

Re: Password problem confirmed as repeatable - was [Re: Newbie password problem(s)]

2012-11-16 Thread Richard Owlett
Terho Uotila wrote: Unless you want to try very minimal system you probably want shadow passwords. I do not understand. Going by text displayed during the installation I had the impression that shadow passwords were for those overly paranoid about supposed incremental security advantages. My

Re: Password problem confirmed as repeatable - was [Re: Newbie password problem(s)]

2012-11-16 Thread Terho Uotila
Unless you want to try very minimal system you probably want shadow passwords. On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 11:04:21 -0600 Richard Owlett wrote: > 2. Did not enable shadow passwords > (...) > 3. Attempted "su", neither root nor user password accepted You may have hit a bug. I noticed a problem with disab

Password problem confirmed as repeatable - was [Re: Newbie password problem(s)]

2012-11-15 Thread Richard Owlett
Richard Owlett wrote: I've been doing a series of Debian installs over the last several months. YES. There are easier ways to do things. *BUT* my purpose is _educational_ rather than "efficiency" ;) I have a history of problems with the root password not being recognized. If the problem *DOES*

Re: Newbie password problem(s)

2012-10-18 Thread Richard Owlett
Brian wrote in previous post: The sudo package is installed and the user added to group sudo. If >"apt-get install gdm3" installed gd3 this is either a misobservetion >or the discovery of a massive security problem. I'm beginning to suspect "massive security problem." I'm going have to create

Re: Newbie password problem(s)

2012-10-18 Thread Brian
On Thu 18 Oct 2012 at 11:32:49 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > Brian wrote: > >On Wed 17 Oct 2012 at 21:05:00 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > >>On Mi, 17 oct 12, 12:22:48, Richard Owlett wrote: > >>> > >>>When rebooting into "Rescue Mode", the last two lines displayed are: > >>>sulogin: root acc

Re: Newbie password problem(s)

2012-10-18 Thread Richard Owlett
Brian wrote: On Wed 17 Oct 2012 at 21:05:00 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Mi, 17 oct 12, 12:22:48, Richard Owlett wrote: When rebooting into "Rescue Mode", the last two lines displayed are: sulogin: root account is locked, starting shell root@localhost:~# At this point I'm allowed to do "a

Re: Newbie password problem(s)

2012-10-18 Thread Brian
On Wed 17 Oct 2012 at 21:05:00 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 17 oct 12, 12:22:48, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > > When rebooting into "Rescue Mode", the last two lines displayed are: > > sulogin: root account is locked, starting shell > > root@localhost:~# > > > > At this point I'm allowed

Re: Newbie password problem(s)

2012-10-17 Thread songbird
Richard Owlett wrote: ... > When rebooting into "Rescue Mode", the last two lines > displayed are: > sulogin: root account is locked, starting shell > root@localhost:~# > > At this point I'm allowed to do "apt-get install xyz" - no > password required. > > > Comments, questions, suggestions?

Re: Newbie password problem(s)

2012-10-17 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 17 oct 12, 12:22:48, Richard Owlett wrote: > > When rebooting into "Rescue Mode", the last two lines displayed are: > sulogin: root account is locked, starting shell > root@localhost:~# > > At this point I'm allowed to do "apt-get install xyz" - no password > required. > > Comments, quest

Newbie password problem(s)

2012-10-17 Thread Richard Owlett
I've been doing a series of Debian installs over the last several months. YES. There are easier ways to do things. *BUT* my purpose is _educational_ rather than "efficiency" ;) I have a history of problems with the root password not being recognized. If the problem *DOES* occur on a individ

Re: Re: icedove password problem (Solved)

2012-03-27 Thread Gary Roach
On 01/-10/-28163 11:59 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:35:17 -0700, Gary Roach wrote: I had to change the password on my verizon email account. Now verizon email refuses to accept email I send to one of my accounts because the password Icedove is sending is wrong. How do I go abo

Re: icedove password problem

2012-03-27 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:35:17 -0700, Gary Roach wrote: > I had to change the password on my verizon email account. Now verizon > email refuses to accept email I send to one of my accounts because the > password Icedove is sending is wrong. How do I go about fixing this. > Preferences -> Security ->

Re: icedove password problem

2012-03-26 Thread Wayne Topa
On 03/26/2012 06:35 PM, Gary Roach wrote: > I had to change the password on my verizon email account. Now verizon > email refuses to accept email I send to one of my accounts because the > password Icedove is sending is wrong. How do I go about fixing this. > Preferences -> Security -> Saved Passwo

Re: icedove password problem

2012-03-26 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 27/03/12 09:35, Gary Roach wrote: > I had to change the password on my verizon email account. Now verizon > email refuses to accept email I send to one of my accounts because the > password Icedove is sending is wrong. How do I go about fixing this. > Preferences -> Security -> Saved Passwords d

icedove password problem

2012-03-26 Thread Gary Roach
I had to change the password on my verizon email account. Now verizon email refuses to accept email I send to one of my accounts because the password Icedove is sending is wrong. How do I go about fixing this. Preferences -> Security -> Saved Passwords displays the passwords for my other accoun

Re: Password Problem - Solved

2011-10-12 Thread Thomas H. George
On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 10:10:21AM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > When the gnome desktop signs me out due to inactivity it shows a screen > with my name on it and asks for a password. It wont accept my password, > the same password I used to start gnome. > > I can get around this by clicking th

Re: Password Problem

2011-10-12 Thread Thomas H. George
On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 03:30:11PM +0200, Olav Vitters wrote: > On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 01:50:15PM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 05:35:28PM +0200, Olav Vitters wrote: > > > On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 10:10:21AM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > > > > When the gnome desktop

Re: Password Problem

2011-10-12 Thread Thomas H. George
On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 01:37:27PM -0400, Shaun McCance wrote: > On Tue, 2011-10-11 at 17:35 +0200, Olav Vitters wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 10:10:21AM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > > > Now that I think about it, I don't really want the desktop to timeout at > > > all. I am the only user

Re: password problem in kde

2006-10-18 Thread seeds
do su in konsole to get to root status and then type in the kde line which asked for password in the console. it will bring you to the screen where u can change the time. L.V.Gandhi wrote: > On 10/18/06, Bill Marcum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 04:56:30PM +0530, L.V.Ga

Re: password problem in kde

2006-10-17 Thread L . V . Gandhi
On 10/18/06, Bill Marcum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 04:56:30PM +0530, L.V.Gandhi wrote:> As root I can login in konsole. But with same password, I couldn't login in > kde dialog for changing time. First I had en_IN as locale. I changed the> locale to en_US to rectify problem

Re: password problem in kde

2006-10-17 Thread Bill Marcum
On Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 04:56:30PM +0530, L.V.Gandhi wrote: > As root I can login in konsole. But with same password, I couldn't login in > kde dialog for changing time. First I had en_IN as locale. I changed the > locale to en_US to rectify problem with audacity menus appearance. I tried > to dele

Re: password problem in kde

2006-10-17 Thread M-L
On Tuesday 17 October 2006 21:26, L.V.Gandhi shared this with us all: >--> As root I can login in konsole. But with same password, I couldn't login > in --> kde dialog for changing time. First I had en_IN as locale. I changed > the --> locale to en_US to rectify problem with audacity menus appearan

password problem in kde

2006-10-17 Thread L . V . Gandhi
As root I can login in konsole. But with same password, I couldn't login in kde dialog for changing time. First I had en_IN as locale. I changed the locale to en_US to rectify problem with audacity menus appearance. I tried to delete encription in /etc/shadow and redone passwd command. Still I have

RE: SSH/Putty password problem

2004-10-27 Thread Michael Sims
Michael Sims wrote: > I'm using PuTTY 0.53b from a Windows 2000 machine to SSH to a Debian > Sarge server running OpenSSH 3.8.1p1-8. The problem I am having is > that I am only given one chance to enter my password correctly. If I > mistype it on the first attempt, I am prompted a second time, bu

RE: SSH/Putty password problem

2004-09-24 Thread Michael Sims
Andrew Schulman wrote: >> with a working SSH client I see this message before each prompt: >> >> Postponed keyboard-interactive for ... >> >> whereas I see the following message before the second prompt when >> using PuTTY: >> >> Failed keyboard-interactive/pam for ... > > That's good detective wor

Re: SSH/Putty password problem

2004-09-24 Thread Marcos Carneiro da Rocha
Hi Michael, try to check out /etc/pam.d/ssh if there is any restriction or misconfiguration On Fri, 2004-09-24 at 16:31, Michael Sims wrote: > Sorry if this is a silly or obvious question, but I've Googled and search the > mailing list archives and cannot find anything relevant. > > I'm using Pu

RE: SSH/Putty password problem

2004-09-24 Thread Tony Uceda Velez
where are the routing tables stored persistently in debian? Tony UcedaVélez Security Analyst [EMAIL PROTECTED] 877.884.1110 -- SecureWorks. Rock-solid Internet security. No hassles. No headcount. No capital outlay. -- http://www.secureworks.com

RE: SSH/Putty password problem

2004-09-24 Thread Michael Sims
vizi0n (debian-user) wrote: > Michael Sims wrote: >> I'm using PuTTY 0.53b from a Windows 2000 machine to SSH to a Debian >> Sarge server running OpenSSH 3.8.1p1-8. The problem I am having is >> that I am only given one chance to enter my password correctly. If >> I mistype it on the first attemp

Re: SSH/Putty password problem

2004-09-24 Thread Andrew Schulman
> with a working SSH client I see this message before each prompt: > > Postponed keyboard-interactive for ... > > whereas I see the following message before the second prompt when using PuTTY: > > Failed keyboard-interactive/pam for ... That's good detective work. It seems that PAM doesn't wan

Re: SSH/Putty password problem

2004-09-24 Thread vizi0n (debian-user)
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 3:31 PM Subject: SSH/Putty password problem Sorry if this is a silly or obvious question, but I've Googled and search the mailing list archives and cannot find anything relevant. I'm using PuTTY 0.53b from a Windows 2000

SSH/Putty password problem

2004-09-24 Thread Michael Sims
Sorry if this is a silly or obvious question, but I've Googled and search the mailing list archives and cannot find anything relevant. I'm using PuTTY 0.53b from a Windows 2000 machine to SSH to a Debian Sarge server running OpenSSH 3.8.1p1-8. The problem I am having is that I am only given one c

icecast and shout, password problem.

2003-09-12 Thread ingirafn
Hello, I have icecast runnig I think. I made enqripted password with makepasswd -crypt and then I got pass1 og pass2. As I understand it the pass1 is a uncripted password and pass2 encrypted. I put the pass2 in to the /etc/icecast/icecast.conf and then started it with icecast -p pass1 Then

Re: kppp password problem

2002-12-23 Thread John Hasler
Aryan Ameri writes: > well, I need a graphical dialup tool, and as a KDE user, kppp is (was ) a > natural selection for me. Try gpppon. It's a simple GTK front-end for pon and poff. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, Wisconsin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTE

Re: [solved] kppp password problem

2002-12-23 Thread Aryan Ameri
On Tuesday 24 December 2002 00:35, Donald Spoon wrote: > Aryan Ameri wrote: > > Hi all: > > Though I am able to connect dialup to my ISP using pon/poff , I am not > > able to do so using kppp. Because kppp when connected to ISP gives me the > > followong error: > > > > "pppd[1072]: The remote syste

Re: kppp password problem

2002-12-23 Thread Aryan Ameri
On Monday 23 December 2002 23:38, John Hasler wrote: > Aryan Ameri writes: > > As wierd as it my sound, I guess kppp doesn't save it's configuration > > file in /etc/ppp/peers/ . > > Kppp does some sort of weird non-standard stuff all its own. Why do you > need to use it? well, I need a graphical

Re: kppp password problem

2002-12-23 Thread Donald Spoon
Aryan Ameri wrote: Hi all: Though I am able to connect dialup to my ISP using pon/poff , I am not able to do so using kppp. Because kppp when connected to ISP gives me the followong error: "pppd[1072]: The remote system is required to authenticate itself pppd[1072]: but I couldn't find any suit

Re: kppp password problem

2002-12-23 Thread John Hasler
Aryan Ameri writes: > As wierd as it my sound, I guess kppp doesn't save it's configuration > file in /etc/ppp/peers/ . Kppp does some sort of weird non-standard stuff all its own. Why do you need to use it? -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI -- To U

Re: kppp password problem

2002-12-23 Thread Aryan Ameri
On Monday 23 December 2002 22:45, David H. Clymer wrote: > check out your /etc/ppp/peers folder. I'm guessing you are using 2 > different config files there, and the one being used by kppp does not > have the "noauth" option, meaning that it is expecting the remote system > (your ISP's remote acces

Re: kppp password problem

2002-12-23 Thread David H. Clymer
check out your /etc/ppp/peers folder. I'm guessing you are using 2 different config files there, and the one being used by kppp does not have the "noauth" option, meaning that it is expecting the remote system (your ISP's remote access server) to authenticate itself with _your_ box, and that is not

kppp password problem

2002-12-23 Thread Aryan Ameri
Hi all: Though I am able to connect dialup to my ISP using pon/poff , I am not able to do so using kppp. Because kppp when connected to ISP gives me the followong error: "pppd[1072]: The remote system is required to authenticate itself pppd[1072]: but I couldn't find any suitable secret (passwor

Re: Root Password problem

2001-02-28 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach Ethan Benson (on Tue, 27 Feb 2001 11:40:50PM -0900): > when you add password and put restricted in the image section lilo > WILL NOT ask for a password UNLESS some twit is at the console trying > to type linux init=/bin/sh. if you leave it alone it boots, no > password required. if yo

Re: Root Password problem

2001-02-28 Thread Ethan Benson
On Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 01:42:42AM -0500, MaD dUCK wrote: > > > > restricted > > ... in which case your system would not be remotely rebootable or > couldn't recover itself from a kernel panic. bzzzt rtfm. when you add password and put restricted in the image section lilo WILL NOT ask for a p

Re: Root Password problem

2001-02-28 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach Ethan Benson (on Tue, 27 Feb 2001 03:42:58PM -0900): > console access to any machine regardless of OS means root rights. well, sure. > don't set lilo's timeout to 0 that makes it a royal pain to recover > the system if something goes wrong, you can't boot single user any > more and

Re: Root Password problem

2001-02-27 Thread John Galt
Boot single user mode? On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Daniel Ray wrote: > he doesn't know what he did .. the system is on a >video/mouse/keybroard switch box > >see it was my fault leaving the system login as root in the frist place .. > >since i am the only person that knows the system .. I didn't think

Re: Root Password problem

2001-02-27 Thread Ethan Benson
On Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 01:31:17PM -0500, MaD dUCK wrote: > > this is horrible and it basically means that console access to a linux > machine means root rights. there are two steps that any system console access to any machine regardless of OS means root rights. > administrator should take IM

Re: Root Password problem

2001-02-27 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya daniel... - are you logged in as root on another console ( alt-F1, alt-F2, etc.. ? guess reboot go into single user ( init 1 ) and change the passed - am hoping it does NOT ask you for root passwd to get into single user mode if it does, use toms rootboot disk or l

Re: Root Password problem

2001-02-27 Thread Daniel Ray
Thanks, Mike worked like a charm

Re: Root Password problem

2001-02-27 Thread Romain Lerallut
If you use lilo (or grub) : if you normally boot by typing "linux" type instead "linux init=/bin/bash" (or /bin/sh, /bin/tcsh the shell you use/like) it will do a minimal boot ( you don't have anything ) and a shell root. Now do "passwd" and you should be able to type a new password without supp

Re: Root Password problem

2001-02-27 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
1. boot the system with a rescue floppy. 2. mount the root hard drive partition (assuming /etc doesn't have its own partition). 3. edit /etc/shadow so that the first line has no text between the first and second colons. 4. reboot. root now has no password. pete On Tue 27 Feb

Re: Root Password problem

2001-02-27 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach Martin Marconcini (on Tue, 27 Feb 2001 02:49:25PM -0300): > > ok .. i am a little new are retriving passwords with debian or anyh > > flavor of linux My boss decided to play sysop while i was home sick > > .. so how he changes the root password .. I have the machine here .. ( > > it do

Re: Root Password problem

2001-02-27 Thread Mike Dresser
reboot the machine. When lilo comes up, tap shift. your prompt should change to LILO boot: type linux init=/bin/sh mount -o remount -o rw /dev/hda1 /(assuming your partition is hda1, of course) passwd change your password now, it'll tell you it was changed successfully. and reboot you'l

Re: Root Password problem

2001-02-27 Thread Daniel Ray
he doesn't know what he did .. the system is on a video/mouse/keybroard switch box see it was my fault leaving the system login as root in the frist place .. since i am the only person that knows the system .. I didn't think there would have been a problem. hind sight is 20/20 sorry for the

RE: Root Password problem

2001-02-27 Thread Martin Marconcini
I guess it did not... ;) -Original Message- From: Mike Dresser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 2:04 PM To: Daniel Ray Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Root Password problem I'm assuming the "ask the boss for the new password" par

Re: Root Password problem

2001-02-27 Thread Mike Dresser
I'm assuming the "ask the boss for the new password" part hasn't worked? Daniel Ray wrote: > ok .. i am a little new are retriving passwords with debian or anyh > flavor of linux My boss decided to play sysop while i was home sick > .. so how he changes the root password .. I have the machine he

Root Password problem

2001-02-27 Thread Daniel Ray
ok .. i am a little new are retriving passwords with debian or anyh flavor of linux     My boss decided to play sysop while i was home sick ..   so how he changes the root password ..   I have the machine here .. ( it doesn't have a cd-rom drive )   my question how can i  change the root pas

xemacs - efs ftp connection password problem

1999-09-06 Thread Micha Feigin
When I try to download packages in xemacs 21, It first tries to connect to the ftp server. It the gives me an error: efs is unable to determine a fully qualified domain name for the local host to send as an anonymous ftp password. The function `system-name' is not returning a fully qualified domai

Re: Samba config/password problem; Win95 OEMSR2

1998-03-31 Thread Carroll Kong
Carroll Kong >Aha, this is an interesting angle I haven't thought of! I tried it, > here's what > happens; I get the error message of: > > ERRSRV - ERRbadpw (Bad password - name/password pair in a Tree Connect or > Session > Setup are invalid.) > Ok. If you got an error running smbclien

Re: Samba config/password problem; Win95 OEMSR2

1998-03-31 Thread Randy Edwards
> I am not sure if osr2 forces encrypted passwords, but it sounds like a > possibility. Yes, it seems as it does (see below), at least with the DUN 1.2 upgrade it does. > Can you smbclient to yourself in Linux to see if it will browse? Aha, this is an interesting angle I haven't thought

Re: Samba config/password problem; Win95 OEMSR2

1998-03-30 Thread Carroll Kong
I am not sure if osr2 forces encrypted passwords, but it sounds like a possibility. Can you smbclient to yourself in Linux to see if it will browse? If that is successful, the problem is definatley password related... you set it up as "security=user" and since windows 95 does not let you c

Samba config/password problem; Win95 OEMSR2

1998-03-30 Thread Randy Edwards
I'm running my Linux box (hamm) to two Win95 machines which are running OEMSR2 with the Dial-Up Networking 1.2 upgrade. After upgrading to the latest Samba I am having trouble getting access to my printer (which is on the Linux box) and my home directories. I have read and reread the Samba