Ubuntu Security :: Unknown User Account 'dtc'?

Mar 12, 2011

I started up my computer and suddenly, I saw that there was a new user account. I didn't create it and no one else uses my computer (let alone has access to user account creations). It was called dtc. It didn't seem to have any privileges and the only file in its home folder was called Examples. Should I worry that I might have some kind of malware? I deleted the user and the folder (and it came back after a while). It's main group is dtcgrp. The User ID is 1004.

View 2 Replies


ADVERTISEMENT

Ubuntu Security :: Set Two Password For 1 User Account?

Dec 27, 2010

i use ubuntu 10.04, is there a way to set two passwords for 1 user account

View 2 Replies View Related

Ubuntu Security :: Running Wine Under A Different User Account?

Jan 2, 2010

I've written an article on my site which lays out steps for installing Wine and running it under its own, separate user account, so that Windows applications cannot access personal files (particularly those in your home directory).[URL}..i'm hoping that there are people on this forum who know Ubuntu inside-out, as I'd like to know how effective the described method is at trapping Windows applications so that they cannot read or write personal files or directories.

The way I understand it, once the process is running under user account wine, it's stuck with the access privileges of user wine. But are there ways in which a rogue application could break out of this prison and gain access to whatever it wishes? I'm guessing that such behaviour would mean someone customising Windows software to recognise Linux, and that such a thing is very unlikely, but I'm still interested to hear what gurus of the Ubuntu internals think of this method.

View 2 Replies View Related

Security :: More Than One Person Is Sharing A User Account?

Dec 6, 2010

Is there software or mechanism that can help the administrator determine if more than one person is using the same user account via a shared password?

View 8 Replies View Related

Security :: Unlock Test User Account?

Aug 18, 2010

I ran a test where I login a test user several times using the wrong password to see that he gets locked out after several attempts. Now that I got the test user locked out, how do I unlock the test user? I tried passwd -u <test user>, but it says passwd: Error (password not set?).

View 4 Replies View Related

Ubuntu Security :: Turn Off The Password Recovery For User Account?

Nov 12, 2010

I remember my password very well and have no need of password recovery. Everywhere I look it's how to recover and I don't want that. The kind where you boot into root recovery console to change the password.

View 4 Replies View Related

Fedora Security :: Administrative Login In User Account?

Sep 25, 2009

I am a new Linux user and have a question about the administrative authentication. When I am logged in as a user and I need to do something that requires root privileges the little password window comes up and I enter the root password. My question is how long are the root privileges granted for?I noticed that a few minutes after finishing checking out the firewall configuration tool and closing the window that I was still able to re-enter the fire wall tool and other administrative tools. How do I log out of the root privileges without logging out and then back into my account?

View 2 Replies View Related

Security :: Disable Account Lockout For A Specific User?

Oct 5, 2010

I am using Red Hat LDAP (version 3) and I have passwordLockout set as "on" at global level. Is there a way to disable account lockout for a specific user?

View 1 Replies View Related

Security :: Create Fully Isolated User Account?

May 16, 2010

I need to create such an account that the user wouldn't be able to r/w any file which doesn't belong to it, even if access mode is set to o+rw. I guess normal chmod/chown won't help here... How can i do this?

View 2 Replies View Related

Ubuntu Security :: Unable To Deny Sudo Access To Regular User Account.

Dec 19, 2010

I made a Desktop User account. When I went on that account, it allowed me to execute sudo as if I was an administrator. I don't know what might be causing this. I do have ufw set up and blocking incoming connections. Do you guys know what might be at the root of this?Also, when I used sudo from the user account (which I shouldn't have been able to do), I provided the password for my admin account.

View 9 Replies View Related

Ubuntu Security :: Set Automatically Log In To A Specific User Account And At The Same Time Lock The Screen?

Jul 6, 2011

Is there a way to set Linux to automatically log in to a specific user account and at the same time lock the screen? I want to save time and trigger various software that always should start up on boot, while leaving the computer unattended during startup (extra important and practical for remote control boots), by enforcing a 'screen lock' so that no-one can see what happens behind the login screen without entering the login credentials.

View 3 Replies View Related

Ubuntu Security :: Desire - Create A Bash Script That Launches Skype Under A Separate User Account?

Mar 13, 2010

I want to jail Skype into its own process and not the one I login with. That way, if a hacker breaks in, it's limited to this process and only the limited functionality that that user account has. The thing is this -- thousands of Linux guys run Skype, but Skype is hardly ever updated or have security patches, and we run it all the time. It seems like an easy avenue for an exploit. As well, my iptables firew all blocks input connections that I have not established, but Skype is an established connection. How do I create a Bash script that launches Skype under a separate user account?

View 3 Replies View Related

Ubuntu Security :: Ubuntu Sudo Versus Windows 7 User Account Control

Jan 6, 2010

Is windows 7 UAC basically a user/system control system like sudo?

View 7 Replies View Related

Ubuntu Security :: Multiple Passwords \ Possible To Have Two Passwords For One User Account In 9.10?

Jan 7, 2010

I wonder if it is possible to have two passwords for one user account in 9.10. I have a long login password (5 words about 45 characters with spaces caps). I would like to set a shorter password for Authentication, sudo, etc. While retaining the original for logging in.In short:Have long password to login to computer.Have short password for everything after login.

View 6 Replies View Related

OpenSUSE :: 11.4 Konqueror User Account Bug New Account No Bug

Jul 16, 2011

I have a problem with the Google search box top right corner in Konqueror, when entering search I recieve an error page "Unsupported Protocol" Google asks for ioslave or kioslave. Also when highlighting text on a page and right clicking with the mouse no search option is given. I created a new user and all works as it should for the new user. What is wrong with my user account? I have reset default values in Konqueror setup.

View 3 Replies View Related

Ubuntu :: Access User Account 1 Home Directory From User 2 Work Space?

Jun 16, 2011

Do you think there is a way of accessing different user data from another account which I have set up.

Ie. user 1 = account has messed up

user 2 = account works fine

access user account 1 home directory from user 2 work space?

View 9 Replies View Related

Ubuntu :: User Account Control And User Rights Assignment?

Sep 29, 2010

I have a user account which is required to run as part of the operating system and as a service. I am currently attempting to install my companies software on an Ubuntu desktop via wine just for the purpose of finding out if it's do-able.

Is there a way, in Ubuntu, for a user account to be given the local rights assignment to act as part of the operating system and to function as a service in the background?

View 1 Replies View Related

Debian Multimedia :: Pidgin AIM Account Disabled For Unknown Reason?

Jul 9, 2010

As soon as I enable an AIM account, it becomes disabled for 'Unknown reason'.

Version
pidgin:
  Installed: 2.7.1-1

[code]...

View 3 Replies View Related

Server :: Rsync Using Www As User Gives Ssh Error - User Www Not Allowed Because Account Locked

Feb 11, 2011

Apache is run as www as is all the files/folders. People are uploading via FTP, scp, so the problem is if I chmod so everyone can read, then rsync as a user it works until new files are added which then my ; if rsync fails with a permission denied. Now I can add a chmod in the script so everyone can read, but since www can already read, I figured I would just change my script to use www. I added the ssh key to his authorized_keys file, but when I try to just ssh in I see this in the secure file;

server sshd[29539]: User www not allowed because account is locked
sshd[29539]: Failed none for invalid user www from ip port 54983 ssh2

Now I read a few places already saying I need to add a password to the account, etc. but before I jump and try all I read, 1st major one, will this now break apache? Will this affect any startup things, etc. and .... will that unlock that user for ssh in or is there another preferred method?

View 6 Replies View Related

Ubuntu :: Domain User Account Not Showing On "User Settings" Panel / Way Around This

Aug 24, 2010

I recently installed likewise 6.0 on a Ubuntu 10.04 box and I was able to login as a Domain user. However my domain user account is not showing on the "User Settings" panel (I can only see locally created accounts). And if try to change login shell by typing "chsh", then it tells me user "DOMAINusername" does not exist in /etc/passwd.

Does anyone know a way around this?

View 1 Replies View Related

Server :: PostFix - ISPConfig Mail Return - Unknown User" Or "no Such User Here

Feb 9, 2010

I have set up a debian 5 server with ISPConfig and PostFix using Perfect Server toturial [url].

Now i have huge problem i'm getting eather "No such user here" message from SMTP server hosted at hosting provider or Unknow User: name from my ISP's SMTP server (free mails they provide)...

Mail LOG:

Code:

View 1 Replies View Related

Ubuntu Installation :: Failed Due To Unknown User ID

Aug 3, 2010

Whenever I try to install Xubuntu onto my really old computer (not this one), it goes to a screen that shows nothing except the Xubuntu logo and the name. After a bit, my monitor falls asleep, and I am unable to wake it back up.If I press enter while at this screen, it brings up the error message in the title. The same thing happens with all the options I try to press.

View 1 Replies View Related

Ubuntu :: How To Change Unknown User-password

May 23, 2011

i have an admin-account and an user-account on a computer. It's automatically log in to the user-account, but I have forgott the passwordt. I want to change it, but to how change it? I need the precent. How do i do? I have the admin password.

View 2 Replies View Related

Ubuntu :: Error 'failed Due To Unknown User Id'

May 24, 2011

i have ubuntu 10.10 but now i have problem to access it so i boot from my live CD this what i get in checkcdfordefects.png when i select Try Ubuntu without any change to your computer that i get logo of ubuntu and take long time to load and not see desktop when press esc this error that i get GLib-WARNING **: getpwuid_r(): failed due to unknown user id (0)

remark
in bootf4.png
F4.mode

i don't have option safe Graphics Modes i need to acess Try Ubuntu but i don't know what problem?

View 2 Replies View Related

Ubuntu :: Boot Failed Due To Unknown User ID (0)

Jun 1, 2010

I recently installed Kubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx Desktop 64-bit edition. The install worked and I was able to restart the machine no problems. Last week (5/27/10) I shut down my machine and since then I cannot boot. I assume it's because of new software maybe a new kernel; I did an "apt-get update; apt-get upgrade" on May 28th or 27th. Upon booting if I hit Esc right away I see:

(process:325): GLib-WARNING **: getpwuid_r(): failed due to unknown user id (0)
[About 5 minutes passes then this next line prints]
BusyBox v1.13.3 (Ubuntu 1:1.13.3-1ubuntu11) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.
/bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off
(initramfs) [this is some kind of shell...who can't see my harddrive]

View 4 Replies View Related

Ubuntu :: Creating A New User Account In 9.10 ?

Feb 3, 2010

I recently created a new user account in ubuntu linux, and created a file called xsession so that I can boot directly into xmbc when I log into that account. Is there anyway to delete the home folder for that account. I can view the file but when I try to delete it is says I do not have apporite permisions to delete the file.

I removed the account and deleted the group but it still shows up when I type in the address /home/xmbc

Is there anyway I can delete this file. It also will not let me create any new user accounts is there any way I can fix these prolbems without totaly reinstalling the system.

View 2 Replies View Related

Ubuntu :: Create A New User Account?

May 9, 2010

how can I create a new user account?

View 2 Replies View Related

Ubuntu :: Cant Log Out Of User Account Without Shutting Down?

Oct 7, 2010

i cant log out of my user account without shutting down the computer, and no one else can either. computer can't be turned off unless i, (administrator)have logged out, this can't be a default setting surely.

View 2 Replies View Related

Ubuntu :: Cannot Add Samba User Account

Oct 20, 2010

I tried to add a samba user account on an Ubuntu machine called "video" like I had on another Ubuntu machine, but it's telling me it already exists. At one point I had added the user via terminal, but the user did not show up in system-config-samba (the popular samba gui a lot of people use). So now I'm trying to re-add him and it's not working. Likewise, if I use terminal to sudo smbpasswd -x video, it says failed to find an entry for that user.

As far as I can tell, the user doesn't exist - yet I can't add him because it "already exists."

View 7 Replies View Related

Ubuntu :: User Account Creation In 10.10(Mav)?

Nov 14, 2010

the OEM account was created when I just installed Maverick (10.10) and now I've changed the password on that account and want to create a daily user account, cannot locate where I can do that.I want to learn Linux badly but am completely in the dark beginner right now.

View 4 Replies View Related







Copyrights 2005-15 www.BigResource.com, All rights reserved