Fedora Security :: Accidentaly Typed Password In The Terminal?
Nov 30, 2010
It does happen occasionally that I type a password in the wrong place or at the wrong time when I'm working with multiple terminal windows. It's not a frequent occurrence but sometimes it does indeed occur (most recently as an argument to g++ instead of the password prompt to scp).Would you guys consider it adequate to clear the view with "clear" and the history with "history -c" or should I change my password after such a mishap? I realize that this should probably not be a problem with my computer at home as I'm the only user but when I log onto school (where we mostly use ubuntu, solaris) would the same precautions be enough?
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May 24, 2011
i want to create a command that can be typed in any old terminal window that would display a message on screen for anyone who typed it. is this possible? i just want to do this for the randomness of it.
and cuz i need to get used to messing with terminal windows.
for example i would like to have "rawr" setup as a command to display a message on screen in a popup window with an "Ok" button to close the popup. i googled it but all i came up with was creating commands to launch applications without having to type the full path/command. not what i'm looking for. thanks in advance!!!
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Feb 10, 2011
When I was using AntiX, I liked how I could just type "xlock" in a terminal and it would lock the screen until I came back and typed my password. I saw that there was no "xlock" package, so googling around, I saw it was replaced with xlockmore and xlockmore-gl, neither of which there seems to be a package for in the Squeeze repositories. I tried xscreensaver, but I prefer the simplicity of xlock (and I like that it doesn't leave a daemon runnig when not in use). Is there a way to safely install it, or should I just be looking for an alternative?
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Aug 5, 2011
I have installed linux 10.04 server and after the installation I can't login. There stands: Ubuntu 10.04.04 LTS xNAMEx tty1 xNAMEx login: after entering there comes a new line with... Password: And there I can't type anything. What I must do?
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Apr 17, 2011
Does anyone have tips for starting a virtual-terminal with pre-typed text?
This starts 'xterm' and keeps open at desired directory:
Code:
xterm -title installed software packages -e 'cd /var/log/packages && /bin/bash'
But I want to be even more lazier and have 'ls | grep -i ' already pre-typed so I can quickly search/ls packages by name.
Code:
david@slackware13:/var/log/packages$ ls | grep -i <READY FOR MY TEXT>
Code:
david@slackware13:/var/log/packages$ ls | grep -i CALC
xcalc-1.0.2-i486-2
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Jul 31, 2010
The terminal does not let me enter PASSWORD (or anything else) for SUDO prompt. My password still works to boot up and for syntactic. Surely changing terminal background color from purple to green did not cause this.
While trying to find an Open Office document I stupidly lost, I meandered around to LOST & FOUND "You (me) are not the owner, so you can not change these permissions. Does this relate to password problem?
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Mar 15, 2011
I recently upgraded mu Fedora 13 to Fedora 14, I decided to add another NIC that I assumed it'll be eth1, when I boot the PC and typed #ifconfig eth0, eth1, lo appears. But when I typed #setup eth1 is not present. Why is that? I remembered doing this in Centos 5.5 but it automatically appears after I added a NIC and boot the pc? what should I do?
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Nov 14, 2010
My 1st time using Terminal with sudo it would not accept my password.I use it successfully to log in and is the only password i used during installation.is there a way to get terminal yo accept my password-it does recognize my user name.
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Feb 13, 2011
I accisentaly deleted my root user on lenny, because of a gamepanel...Do you know how to re-create it?I am logged in SSH with the root user, so i'll try to re-enable it when the work will end in the window.Edit:User now re-created, he doesnt have the root rights
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Feb 9, 2010
Simply, the number of possible combinations of passwords increases as an exponent of the number of characters used and as a factor of the number of characters available for use.
26 potential characters for a 2 character password results in 26^2 possible password combinations. This means that each new character added would result in an "order of magnitude" increase in the difficulty of brute force attack.
Using a phrase, complete with punctuation and capitalization is the very best mnemonic device to remember a password. Consider this, how hard is it to remember; The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
Than it is to remember, l33tsp34kp@ssw0rd
If we pretend that both of these passphrases are generated from a character set consisting of 26 characters, the first would be one of a possible 15274273784216769021564085930704478424313742483024 510976. The second would be one of a possible 1133827315385150725554176.
In short, use a passphrase not a password, they are much MUCH more secure.
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Jan 22, 2011
I tried the following instructions to set up "ssh without passwords". But this didn't work.Could someone please tell how to debug this.
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Jan 4, 2010
I use czech QWERTZ keyboard layout, but sometimes it accidentaly switches to (probably) english or US qwerty, so I am unable to write our national characters (which share the keys with numbers on laptop), it writes Y instead of Z etc.
So I am unable to write normal text. I looked in keyboard settings, but it seems to be ok:
layout is "česko with <|> key" - HP Pavilion ZT11xx - this seems to be OK and it worked without problems before this accidental switch.
there is no other layout than the mentioned one and in Layout settings (hope this is correct as I have this in Czech) I unchecked all boxes in Layout switching.
I absolutely have no idea where is the problem. Maybe it is some keybinding but did not find anything which could do this.
I use Debian Lenny with added a11y apps like Orca etc. called Vinux. I tried to ask there, but currently wihout success.
The whole thread is here: [url]
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May 8, 2009
I just installed Fedora 10 on my laptop 2 days ago. I dont seem to remember the password i userd for my username. Is there a way to reset or change the password? I cannot login to the system.
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Aug 26, 2009
I want to change the password complexity how do i do this?
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Sep 2, 2009
iam new in linuxi put check on locked local password and now i can not log in if i put my password
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Sep 21, 2009
what does one do when he forgets the root password ? i still have a terminal logged in as root how can i change the password in terminall
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Oct 19, 2009
When I installed Fedora selected the option to encrypt the hard drive. I want to change the passphrase, is there a way to change the passphrase, or do I have to re-install Fedora?
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Nov 14, 2009
I have been experiencing harassment with my websites being hacked so pardon me if this is an over-paranoid question.
Just recently started on FC11 after having abandoned Fedora for CentOS for a few months. So glad to be back, but...
I have been getting notices about security updates. When I click for the update, I am not asked for the root password and the update occurs.
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Apr 1, 2010
I create music and usually gets sold world wide. I have some distributors that have been able to access a private server and get the new tunes I make to download via ftp. Well that server is getting full and I was trying to create another directory on my website itself.I created the directory. made the ".htaccess" file. Then I tried to make the htpasswd file but my server just keeps saying no command by that name.
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Apr 14, 2010
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Mar 9, 2011
I want to enable sshd from Internet, but I want to secure it as much as possible.Therefore, despite the fact that the service will run on a tcp port above 2000 to prevent most scans, I would like to :- First, force the use of a client certificate, to avoid brute force attack on my users/passwords- second force the use of a username/password to avoid someone having access to my system just by stealing my key..When I look at the configuration, it's possible to enable both, but one of them is sufficient to login, but I can't find how to make them both mandatory...
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Jan 12, 2009
It seem like unix abit annoying every time you log in you need to password can I disable it
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Apr 12, 2009
I have F10 installed on my laptop with disk encryption enabled. When I boot the machine I get a "Password:" request on screen but can't start typing for 30 seconds or more.Presumably the OS is not ready. This means I have to wait at the keyboard tapping a key until I see asterix. It's a waste of time and frankly a bit clunky for a modern OS. How can I change the behaviour so that the "Password:" request only appears when I can actually type?
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Jul 12, 2009
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Oct 12, 2009
I was wondering how to password protect certain file folders?
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Jan 27, 2010
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Apr 9, 2011
Sometimes when I try to open some chat application i get a strange warning message asking for password. The message is that /usr/libexec/mission-control is trying to gain access of the system, please provide the password. On top of the message box it shows "Unlock Keyring".
This very weird, as I am also unable to do a print-screen when this message box is up.
what this message is all about and what does the executable /usr/libexec/mission-control do?
I am using Empathy as my chat application
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Apr 13, 2011
I have a problem with my fedora workstation.I am trying to change my ldap user password through passwd command.When I first create the user on ldap server, I use md5 and create the user password.This is the entry:
Code:
dn: uid=boo,ou=People,dc=linux,dc=gettolandia,dc=org
uid: boo
[code]....
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Aug 26, 2011
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