Story: i use Fedora9 and i want to set up a FTP server whithout creating a home dir for each and every user, i want them to share 1 home dir. All users are in one group.Problem: i write the following:
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root# useradd -d /home/ftp_home -g ftp_users -M user1
root# useradd -d /home/ftp_home -g ftp_users -M user2
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I just installed Ubuntu last night on a partition, and so far..There is one thing that may be a deal-breaker for me though: It seems that I am always prompted for a password!!!! When I first start my machine up...PASSWORD! O-K, once a day wouldn't be so bad...but if I let my display turn off while I'm away from the 'puter...I come back, and...PASSWORD?! Every time I try to do anything on the system....PASSWORD?!
I did a few things that I thought might solve the problem- I checked some boxes here and there, like "automatically log on" and made myself an administrator....but no matter what I do, I'm plagued by the password prompt 600 times a day and i can't take it!!!
Is there any way to stop this nonsense? This is WORSE than Windows UAC crapola!! (at least with that, you just have to click a button)- As much as I am loving Ubuntu....if there is no way to disable this password nonsense, I'm afraid I'll be heading back to Vista. I'm the only person who uses my computer (Although I think my dogs were playing on it while i was out fixing the tractor today...)- so I just need to know if there's a way to get rid of all this password-protected stuff?
i installed acronis on the server end , the problem is that i have disabled the graphical interface on the server i have a acronis management console on a windows system where the image is being created when i try to connect to the linux server it prompts for username and password after i give the credentials then i get this error
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I am running Ubuntu 9.10. When I open Evolution, it prompts me for a password to the default keyring. I am not sure what this is, but I would like to not have to do this. I looked around in Evolution and did not see a way to have this password entered automatically. I searched this forum and it found no results. So I don't know if my problem is unique or not.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI know, I know, its a security feature. That doesn't make it any less annoying. I find the constant asking for my password to be every bit as irritating as Windows's UAC. When I want to use the terminal, or when I want to download something, I don't want to have to enter my password every time. I don't care that someone could theoretically do something to my computer in some way. I managed to stay out of harms way in windows with UAC off, I'm sure I can do it in ubuntu without the constant nagging of the password prompts. Its annoying and I am tired of dealing with it. Anyone know how to turn it off? I am really not looking for reasons to leave it on. Its the same with UAC: Yeah, it can keep you out of trouble. No, I don't want it on.
View 9 Replies View RelatedHow to fix the problem that is happening with gksu. It prompts me for the administrative password. I don't (for advised security reasons) have a password associated with the root account.
The sudo works fine and accepts my sudo password. Gksu fails with "incorect password... try again." error.
This is a new install of the Ubuntu Server 10.10 x64 Maverick edition.
Server A: Generated RSA Key
Server B: Added the RSA Key to authorized_keys list
SFTP from A to B.
Still prompts for password.
I will be sftp-ing both from Server B to Server A and 'A to B'. Sever B to Server A works fine. No prompting for password. But from A-B it this is what is happening sftp -v log...
debug1: Offering public key: ~InfAdmin-.ssh-id_rsa
debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,gssapi-with-mic,password
debug1: Trying private key: ~InfAdmin-.ssh-id_dsa
debug1: Next authentication method: password
InfAdminATServerB's password:
Why is this trying id_dsa private key? From Server B to Server A when I do the same, it does not say 'Trying Private Key -id_dsa' This is what it says
debug1: Server accepts key: pkalg ssh-rsa blen 277
debug1: read PEM private key done: type RSA
debug1: Authentication succeeded (publickey).
How do I enforce that Server A does the same? Why is it trying the dsa private key when I have used RSA.
Kubuntu live CD prompts me for user name password, what is it? I've tried all obvious blank, kubuntu etc, none worked.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have a standard home set-up for my Ubuntu OS, and I would like to know whether its possible to cut out the repetitive prompts to enter the password, as when you connect to the internet or access files on a partition that's not home, or install new software.
View 1 Replies View RelatedWas just wondering if there was a way to disable the password prompts that pop open every time I try to install something. Is there a way to do that?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI just installed fedora 13 in virtualbox. (running intel dual core with 4 gi ram chips installed under windows xp)
I want to disable the annoying password prompts on my fedora 13 every 5 minutes ?
Tried right click desktop and nothing
Tried export TMOUT=3600 on a xterm account, not sure if it is working or not.
I have a Kerberos/LDAP/OpenAFS server running on Debian lenny, set up according to Davor Ocelic's excellent guide here (url). SSHd has ben configured to use GSSAPI auth and the clients have been configured to pass auth tokens through to the server.
My clients are all Ubuntu 9.10 x86 fully patched. On the clients, OpenAFS has been compiled and installed as a kernel module and git 1.6.6 has been compiled from source and installed. Otherwise, all software is stock Ubuntu repository-ware.
The setup is working fine as long as I connect to the primary server using its hostname:
peter@client01:~$ ssh nana
<connection goes through seamlessly without prompting>
peter@nana:~$
If I try to connect via a DNS alias (actually a second CNAME record), I get:
peter@client01:~$ ssh git1
peter@git1's password:
<connection completes>
peter@nana:~$
I need both passwordless auth and the DNS alias working, as it's internal policy that user connections are only ever made to service names, not real hostnames.
I have tried adding a second host principal to Kerberos for the alias (git1.darling.local) in addition to the host principal for the hostname (nana.darling.local).
If I turn off PasswordAuthentication in sshd_config, then "ssh git1" doesn't even fall through to passwords; it just denies logins. So it looks like it's not even using GSSAPI for the DNS alias.
So:
1) Is what I want even possible? I can't find anything that indicates that there's anything odd about DNS aliases such that this should happen.
2) Which config files should I post to help debug this? There's a lot and I didn't want to start blarfing them here if they aren't helpful.
currently there's a xxx dir already in /home/yyy I'm trying to overwrite itcp -fr ../xxx /home/yyy/doesn't work still prompts me to overwrite the individual files. how do I fix it?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI'm still pretty new to linux, and burning through a unix/linux course offered at the local JC. I'm working on an assignment for shell scripting and I need to make a script that displays a bunch of junk (pwd, date, yadda yadda) and then prompts the user to enter a directory so they can view the contents. If it's valid, then it displays the contents. If it isn't then it throws an error message and the script stops. This is done using if, then and else. The problem is, my script always shoots straight to the else, even if the subdir entered IS a valid subdirectory.Here's what I have:
Code:
clear
pwd
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Wonder if someone out there can help me.
First, a small back-story. I upgraded my Mythbox to 9.10 last year, and as a backup path, I left the original HDD (sda) intact, and chucked a spare drive (sdc) in for the install. I just changed the boot order in the BIOS to boot from the spare drive, and all my data (/var/lib/mythtv/) is on a separate drive (sdb). The original drive is redundant, I just didn't get round to pulling it.
Now, I got a new 1TB drive today, transferred all my data onto it and swapped it for the old data drive, and at the same time pulled the unused old install drive. So I just have the new 9.10 (spare) install drive, and the new drive.
I changed my fstab with the correct UUID's of the drives, but at boot, I get 'gave up waiting for root filesystem on sdc1' and the intramfs prompt. Listing the drives by UUID, I have sda(1&2) and sdb(1&2).
I can get the system bootable again by putting the unused old install drive back, so that I have an sdc, but this is far from ideal, as I have a drive spinning away nearly 24/7 that is not needed.
Now, I thought that using UUID's got away from the whole sda/sdb/hda ... business, but it seems that the kernel is still looking for sdc1 to boot off.
FWIW, my fstab: The old and new data drives, and the boot drive are there, the redundant drive doesn't have an entry.
Code:
mythbox@mythbox-desktop:/$ cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid -o value -s UUID' to print the universally unique identifier
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So I guess I need to point grub to the correct location. Now I know I'm not supposed to edit grub.cfg, but I can't see how I can successfully boot the system in a state where running update-grub will pull the correct drive in. My thinking is that what I need to do is edit the
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linux/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=/dev/sdc1 ro quiet splash hpet=disable
line to read
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linux/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=4a5599f5-d409-42b5-a74f-0c689f15d73d ro quiet splash hpet=disable
Shutdown, pull the redundant drive, boot (hopefully anyway), then run update-grub.
I'm using a small "expect" script to automate password entry for some file copying.The automation works fine, but the "Password: " prompt still displays on the screen. How do I hide the prompts so the user doesn't see "Password: " on the console?Here's the relevant section of my script:
Code:
expect -c "spawn /usr/bin/scp -q $2 user@$1:$2
set timeout 60
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When configured to save and restore running applications (System, Preferences, Start-up Applications, Options) the restoration of Firefox instances prompts for profile.
In my case Firefox was running with several different profiles. Each one was started with "-no-remote" and "-P [profile-name]".
Any ideas? Would it be possible to auto-close only Firefox windows?
I got a good one!I colorized my prompt as follow; Green for normal user, Red for root:
Root .bashrc:
PS1=e[0;31m[ ][u@h:w][!]\$ e[m"
User .bashrc:
PS1="e[0;37m[ ][u@h:w][!]\$ e[m"
Which gives:
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I am an absolute Linux Beginner who is being required to do a bit of admin work because the boss just fired the old linux admin. Unfortunately, one of our employees cannot remember her password to her email account and as such I need to reset it on our linux server.What I want to check is that this email account is actually a linux user account and I simply will reset the password for it using the passwd command from the root login. Is that correct?
View 1 Replies View RelatedSo I needed to remove linux from a dual boot, single drive setup I had going. Without thinking I was in Windows XP and formatted the linux partition I had created. After trying to reboot the computer I receive a Grub 1.5 Error 17 rightfully so.
I am having a hard time finding a solution... All I need to do is get the machine back to being able to boot into Windows without any prompts.
I have set up an ssh server for myself and a friend to work on a project. It is configured to use password authentication, but I am somewhat uncomfortable giving him my password to get the files. I was wondering if there was any way to have a script that logs him on, filling in the password at the prompt. So that when "ssh xxxx@xxxxx" is run, the script fills in the prompt for the password rather than him filling it in.Of course he still could find the file within the script before it is run, but knowing his somewhat ADD nature it seems unlikely.
View 1 Replies View RelatedNot sure exactly how to explain it. My command prompt screens are appearing messed up.the resolution appears to have squeezed the command prompt vertically to just a few pixes at the top of the screen. The command prompt appears to also repeat several times horizontally. This is also the case with boot-up.I'm still in the experimental phases of learning how linux works, messing with GDM, and installing/installing some boot screen tweaks here and there to see what would happen.I can't quite remember exactly WHAT I did.
View 6 Replies View RelatedBasically I'm trying to create a bash script that'll ask for a folder name and then change into that folder.
Code:
Not real code but bare with me!
echo "Enter the desired folder and press [ENTER]
read $folder
cd $folder
pwd
/home/<user name>/<whatever the user entered>
Is this possible with bash or am I chasing a pipe dream?
Is there an app that will display a weather warning like how pidgin and empathy display prompts when someone logs on, I would like to be immediately informed if there is a severe weather alert from the weather station in me city.
View 1 Replies View RelatedUsing zstyle, I can create a custom warning for messages and such, but looking into the man pages and all, I do not see anything for customizing actual error messages in ZSH, as such:
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casper@ltp01[/home/casper][19:14] - asdfsdafasdfjsdf
zsh: command not found: asdfsdafasdfjsdf
Ubuntu 8.4 Just installed Truecrypt yesterday. Would like to be able to start Truecrypt automatically and use the same password as my login password.
View 1 Replies View Relatedbrand new 2 Ubantu & set up standard Ubantu compartment accessed via 1 user name only and password. 1st few times all good but now suddenly, unexpectedly password declared invalid. Had written down password so it is correct & not entry error. Not know how to reset password or bypass 'username/password log on screen' Am on an Acer 5542G with windows 7 home premium.
View 3 Replies View RelatedIt's been awhile since I've been on here. I suppose that can be considered a good thing, since I made the completely transfer to Ubuntu three months ago and everything's been running completely smoothly. Anyway, security is a pretty big thing to me. I usually change the root password, take sudo off (and default gksu, not gksudo), encrypt my hard drives, etc... One thing I also do is create a separate password for my login keyring. I don't mind having to enter one extra password at login, but it started prompting two times, and now three. It's the same password every time, so my question is..
View 4 Replies View RelatedIs there a way to change password to value same as the previous password? I know this is a security flaw, but would like to know however. when I try this:
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i forgot root password and how to change the password
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