On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 08:06:23PM -, Beartooth wrote:
...
>
> # passwd xxx
> Changing password for user xxx.
> New password:
> BAD PASSWORD: The password fails the dictionary check - it is based on a
> dictionary word
> Retype new password:
>
> [at this point I gave it her password
That was a miss-send. Please ignore.
On Tue, 2020-02-25 at 21:52 -0500, Michael H. Warfield wrote:
> On Mon, 2020-02-24 at 18:23 +, Beartooth wrote:
> > I had set my wife an account on one of my computers recently,
> > a
> > Thinkpad E-series using MATE User Manager under F31. I suppose
On Mon, 2020-02-24 at 18:23 +, Beartooth wrote:
> I had set my wife an account on one of my computers recently,
> a
> Thinkpad E-series using MATE User Manager under F31. I suppose I may
> have
> failed to set her password, though I doubt that intensely.
>
>This is a machine th
On 02/24/2020 01:06 PM, Beartooth wrote:
On Mon, 24 Feb 2020 14:49:25 -0500, Tim Evans wrote:
On 2/24/20 2:40 PM, Beartooth wrote:
Well, I tried it:
# passwd $ Changing password for user root.
Did you enter the literal "$"? That would've indicated an empty
variable, so would hav
On Mon, 24 Feb 2020 14:49:25 -0500, Tim Evans wrote:
> On 2/24/20 2:40 PM, Beartooth wrote:
>
>> Well, I tried it:
>>
>> # passwd $ Changing password for user root.
>
> Did you enter the literal "$"? That would've indicated an empty
> variable, so would have been the same as entering "
On 2/24/20 2:40 PM, Beartooth wrote:
Well, I tried it:
# passwd $
Changing password for user root.
Did you enter the literal "$"? That would've indicated an empty
variable, so would have been the same as entering "passwd blank". Which
would have indicated you wanted to change r
On Mon, 24 Feb 2020 11:40:01 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 02/24/2020 11:23 AM, Beartooth wrote:
>> useradd -h as root got me nothing that seemed to enable even root
>> to edit a user's data. (I tried -p and -u.) Can I do it??
>
> Try this: first, use su - to become root. Then, as root:
>
>
On 02/24/2020 11:23 AM, Beartooth wrote:
useradd -h as root got me nothing that seemed to enable even root
to edit a user's data. (I tried -p and -u.) Can I do it??
Try this: first, use su - to become root. Then, as root:
passwd $USERNAME
This will (or at least should) allow you to c
I had set my wife an account on one of my computers recently, a
Thinkpad E-series using MATE User Manager under F31. I suppose I may have
failed to set her password, though I doubt that intensely.
This is a machine that never leaves my desk, despite being a
laptop.
On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 12:32 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote:
>
> The keyboard has failed!
>
> Typing the password characters after the root prompt shows one key
> does nothing, not even a blank space!
:-D I got bitten by the same problem. Too bad I didn't see this thread
earlier.
I had cha
On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 12:32 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote:
> Mystery solved!
>
> The keyboard has failed!
>
> Typing the password characters after the root prompt shows one key
> does nothing, not even a blank space!
Yes, I've been caught by that, before. It's even more of a proble
On 17/07/10 13:21, JD wrote:
> Same way you restored the root password.
> In single user mode, type
> passwd bobg
>
> and it will prompt you to enter the new password.
>
>
I've added that to my notes too, wont have to ask next time!
This has been a busy day, first the keyboard, and th
On 07/17/2010 09:23 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
> I used my F-12 computer to configure a new wireless router
> yesterday. I disconnected the computer from the LAN and connected
> directly to an Ethernet port on the router so there was no external
> access to the system, only me and
On 17/07/10 12:30, Darton Williams wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
> --snip--
>
>> I fixed the root password in "single user" mode and can now boot it
>> as root but my notes do not tell me how to restore bobg's password.
>> I don't want to add a new u
On 17/07/10 12:23, Bob Goodwin wrote:
>
>I used my F-12 computer to configure a new wireless router
>yesterday. I disconnected the computer from the LAN and
> connecteddirectly to an Ethernet port on the router so there
> was no external
>access to the system
On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
--snip--
> I fixed the root password in "single user" mode and can now boot it
> as root but my notes do not tell me how to restore bobg's password.
> I don't want to add a new user and have to reconfigure everything!
>
> Suggestions
I used my F-12 computer to configure a new wireless router
yesterday. I disconnected the computer from the LAN and connected
directly to an Ethernet port on the router so there was no external
access to the system, only me and the router!
Upon boot this morning it would not r
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