Was 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?
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I 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 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 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 RelatedStory: 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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How 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.
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 RelatedServer 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.
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 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 Relatedi 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 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.
I'm using Icecat (aka Gnuzilla a Mozilla Firefox 3.6.13 ) When I select "open containing folder" it prompts "Choose an application" rather than defaulting it to the system's file management system (which in this case is Nautilus from Gnome desktop system).
Ubuntu 10.10 is the system I'm using. Does anyone know how to fix this so it will function normally?
Trying to install on a: Dell Precision T3500 OpenSuse 11.3 keeps showing the following message:
"Make sure CD number 1 is in your drive"
I ordered the DVD from the OpenSuse site, so they ARE NOT burned copies. I also tried burning images, the same problem happens. No matter what I do, it does not go beyond this message.
I want to give my users option of logging to the system. They should have posibillity for choosing option betweend logging to the system with their default password or one-time password OTPW. I installed OTPW in my Debian. Here is my /etc/pam.d/sshd file:
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I'm using Amarok 2.4.0 with openSUSE 11.4. I am trying to play podcast.However, when I try to select play, the following pops appear as show below:
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/usr/lib/gst-install-plugins-helper requires an additional plugin to decode this file The following plugin is required:
application/xml
Do you want to search for this now?
then
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I've tried Ubuntu, Arch, and most recently Fedora but the SUSE GNOME environment blows everything else away!
The only problem (so far) is that Network Manager requires you to enter your password every time you login to unlock the password keyring. I want to disable this.
I think some distros disable the prompt by using the login password to unlock the keyring, but I use auto-login (if that makes a difference).
hello i am trying to change my password, but when i type in the new password i get this:"The password is longer than 8 characters. On some systems, this can cause problems. You can truncate the password to 8 characters, or leave it as it is."my question is what kind of problem could i get and how can i change so i have to log in every time i start the computer?
View 9 Replies View Relatedi find it really annoying to type in my password every time i run update manager. it is a stupid feature, i shouldn't have to type it in if i want to make my computer better. how can i disable it?
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View 7 Replies View RelatedWhenever I type in Sudo in my terminal, it asks for a Sudo password.. I have not set one up and I don't know what the sudo password is.. Can you disable it or change it?
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View 3 Replies View RelatedThese days I see the disk check that is popping up when my Ubuntu is booting up quite frequently. It says 'press C to cancel' but C (or Shift C or CTRL C or CTRL ALT C) does not have any effect. Pressing CTRL+ALT+DELETE reboots but again ends up in the vicious loop of disk check. How to bypass it? When I need to critically enter the desktop for an urgent pressing info waiting for 20 to 25 minutes disk check is kind of difficult.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI have to always log into my keyring. Unlock Login Keyring comes up when bring up the computer. The unlock login Keyring does not get unlocked when I log in. How can I get the login process to fully log on when I am not around? When I run vista (windows) I never have to login to a keyring to give a password to get passed the Internet process. I have to always do this with Ubuntu 10.04.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have a problem with ssh.I followed this guide:and no matter what I try, I still can't disable password authentication. I want users to require a private key to prevent from brute force hackers.
View 6 Replies View RelatedRunning Lucid. Every time I hibernate, when I come back, it requires entering a password. I would like to disable this.In the config editor, under apps -> gnome-power-manager -> lock, I've already unchecked _everything_ there, and it still asks me for a password after hiberate.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI click on the corresponding checkbox in users and groups but but it doesn't do anything. I also want to disable password prompts in general. Also when I try using Computer Janitor it says it could not complete and to check if other package managers are open, but none are.
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View 3 Replies View RelatedCan I disable the password prompt after I come out of suspend. I remember a setting in the last release but I can't find it in 11.04. Is this setting still there? Where can I find it?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI am working on shortening my boot time on my laptop, so I am using bootchart to help me pinpoint the slow areas. So far, I got it down to about 40 seconds (from 2:33! -- dosfsck was running every boot). I don't use LVM (I am dual booting with Windows and it's hard enough with static partitions), and I have tried to disable LVM in every way I can imagine except uninstalling it (system-config-kickstart depends on it), but I still see it being initialized at boot time. How do I prevent the system from even considering LVM during boot??
My bootchart is here, and in case it is useful to anyone, my bootchart.tgz and boot.log..I'm running Fedora 14, and it's up to date.
