I use Ubuntu 10.04 and I want to be able to move around the system without having to frequently enter my password. For example, when waking up the system from a power save state or when accessing Synaptic Package Manager I do not want to be asked to enter my password. There is nothing on my system that matters if its security is breached. Is there a way to turn off these requests for a password?
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I'm the only one who uses or has access to my computer, so I don't need the password security that others might. Frankly, it pisses me off to have to enter my password every time I leave the computer for a few minutes, or want to make the many tweaks that are necessary to get a system going, whether it's installing software or anything else. How do I stop it?
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May 23 03:10:53 data mountd[4835]: can't stat exported dir /export/home/httpd: No such file or directory
May 24 03:21:13 data mountd[4835]: can't stat exported dir /export/home/httpd: No such file or directory
May 25 03:26:53 data mountd[4835]: can't stat exported dir /export/home/httpd: No such file or directory
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i've tried blocking ping requests with iptables.. and it didnt work Quote: iptables -A INPUT -p icmp --icmp-type echo-request -j DROP
also tried editing sysctl.conf.. which worked perfectly but after i restarted the system i was able to ping my ubuntu machine from my lappy here is what i added to sysctl.conf and then executed it with sysctl -p
Quote: net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_all = 1 here is another atempt to block.. this one worked too... but again after the restart i was able to ping my machine.. Quote: echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/icmp_echo_ignore_all
I've been trying to configure ufw to drop ping requests for a couple days now, and I can't figure it out. I've tried a couple different methods in some different guides, still nothing. Anyone know how to do this?
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Code:
#.com/
#.com/?Mode=debug
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In my logs for Apache I have lots and lots of failed attempts for incorrect incarnations of [URL]. None of them are anywhere near my alias for the index.php but yet phpmyadmin is broken. Is there away I can mess up robots like this. Send IP's that create multiple wrong page requests on my server back to their own IP address maybe? I would then just set thresholds to decide how strict to be. I did try fail-to-ban before but it is cryptic. I don't have it on this particular server.
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I've commented out my amazon instance id for security purposes. The request is for comment_icon.gif which does not exist. All requests go to that. The source IPs are from different countries as well. Blocking a certain country won't work either. Basically, if there was a way to send all requests for comment_icon.gif to /dev/null or something it would work.
I use a local repository for ubuntu and when i use update manager it always shows gpg warning and shows that the information is out of date. Is there any way to suppress this warning. ( In Ubuntu 9.10 ) , so that update manager never compain about the local repository.
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View 1 Replies View RelatedI know this has probably been asked too many times here but I need to secure my emails. Personal matters of course. But yeah. I use the program "Password and Encryption Keys" to generate a key to sign my emails with but I do not know what to do. To be blunt, I'm stupid when it comes to this. IF not, steps in creating a key? and giving it (my public key) to the significant other? Finding where both keys are? Implementing it into Thunderbird? If it helps any here's some extra information: Ubuntu distro: Ubuntu 10.04 Email client: Thunderbird
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View 5 Replies View RelatedI already posted a topic similar to this concerning the Desktop OS version, but this deals with the Netbook because unlike the Desktop, the Netbook is less cooperative. Allow me to elaborate: Today (or rather yesterday since it's not after midnight where I am), I changed my password because I was hopelessly confounded about how to get my Wireless Network card up and running after it had been installed and I was allowing my dad to use it. This issue has since been resolved, however...
When I chose my password during the original installation, there was no mention of it being "too simple." This is where the Desktop OS and the Netbook OS differ. The desktop will let me change it in the terminal without any errors. The Netbook will not. When I've attempted to revert it back to the original, it will not let me do so in the User Profile or in the Terminal. The Passwords and Encryption Keys application also does not appear to help.
So now even after I've changed it to a different "complicated" password I am still prompted to insert two different passwords since I changed my user password but I am unable to change the password I input during the installation. A bit screwy methinks. This is extremely important. I'd like to know how to change the original installation password.
If I can't change the main password on my laptop then this is a serious potential security breach just waiting to happen (especially since it's on a laptop and I will be hauling it around with me) and I will most likely install a different OS if this isn't resolved --- It would be very unfortunate since I spent the whole day fixing it and I really enjoy the interface. Luckily I can live with this on my Desktop since I'm not going to be hauling it around with me everywhere when the school year starts.
I have a database created by an older program (not Access) that I need to open and retrieve information for my business. The manufacturer put a password on there so that only it's program could open it. I do not use that program, but it has information I need. Is there a way to find that password or circumvent the password altogether?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI'm new to ubuntu. Now iam using Karmic Koala. I want to change my password. So i used,
system->Administration->users and groups to change my password . As i entered my new password and clicked on 'Change Password', It is saying, 'password changed'. But when I click the close button in the main users and groups window, it is asking for my password, and I am forced to enter my old password only.
After the window is closed, i logout to check whether my password is changed. But it is not. I have to enter my old password to login.
i set my pass on ubuntu 10.4 and it work so good on installing app but suddenly it stopped working i thought i would restart my pc i tried to inter my pass again ubuntu don't accept it although it's surely true
View 7 Replies View RelatedI had this great idea to try and change the UBUNTU password. So I took not so drastic effort..I went to System>Administration>Users and Groups. There I clicked on my login name.Clicked on Properties and used the Change Password Button to Change my login password. I did that. [I thought this is the way to change the login password]. After that as usual I tried to launch the Empathy! It started asking me about some Keyring password! I gave my new password and it worked. Now, the weirdness of the issue is that..
1)If I want to login to UBUNTU..I have to give the Old Password [The password which I gave when installing Ubuntu;as if the password change has not come into affect]
oO mount..I have to give old password
To update I have to give old password.
But!
2)To get my things done in Empathy..that is to get the Keyring Challenge done! I have to give the new password and old password does not work here.
I want to stop empathy from asking me about the KEYRING thing. Roll back the system to the previous state; before the password change thing. What exactly went wrong or right? and What is really happening to my system. I mean things are all normal, so far..but why the two passwords? I dont use any heavy things on my machine..just a bit of browsing and Empathy..thats all.and only the default applications are installed on my machine. I use Ubuntu Karmic 9.10.
I need to be able to capture a users password when they login. I am well aware of the security issues with this and I'm ok with this.
We run a call center and I am working on migrating from windows to Kubuntu for the callers. It's policy that all callers must report their password to me, so I already know of everyone's password. There has to be some variable/script that I can "hack" to get the password they typed in to the login screen.
What I'm trying to do is that when a user logs in in for the first time, their profile is automatically created and set up. Setting up network drives, email, pidgin (which the password is stored in plain text anyway, so forget about security on that one), web apps, etc.
Trying to find information on How to capture a users password and all have been responded with the usual lecture on why you shouldn't do this. So I've heard it all before and I know of the risks. Like I said, I already have the callers password on file. If I could capture it, I wouldn't have to manually setup each profile every time we get a new caller, which is often since turnover is quite high in call centers.
Is it best to do this via the terminal or gui interface? does this meanthat the home folder encryption password is the same as the old login password?
View 4 Replies View RelatedEvery time I log in, I get the "password for keyring default" question two or three times, unless I enter it immediately as it pops up, sometimes even that doesn't prevent it from respawning. What could be causing this? I'm using Maverick.
P.S. Hmm, I don't think I'll be watching the lunar eclipse much now, the sky is covered with smoke, maybe it's lunar apocalypse.
I think it is very easy to hack passwords in Linux, but I did not try it yet. If you use sudo you get 3 attempts for the correct password. But if you get enough time it should be no problem to hack it by bruteforce. Imagine a script an attacker places on your machine which runs for a few hours or days. I think it is much more effective to delete the user out of the admin (or adm?) group so that user cannot be any danger anymore. You would have to login with root and readd the user then.
You now say: but if you login with root you got almost the same effect as with sudo. Of course it is the same. That is why I would use a system (not sure which yet) to create sub enviroments of your OS, which got the attribute that they can run without root, only got one account that can sudo and once sudo access is denied there is no other way to login as root. You just can repermit sudo access by the parent os layer.
As the title says, nm-applet rejects my password that I'm positive is correct.Using a custom compiz session,
Code:
#!/bin/bash
compiz &
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