Ubuntu Security :: Configure To Log In With A Password Fingerprint And Usb Token?
Mar 24, 2011
First off is there any way to configure ubuntu to log in with a password, fingerprint and usb token? Secondly what is the difference between the standard home folder encryption and the alternate install encryption?
Thirdly is it possible on new external hard drives that incorporate thumb scanners to install truecrypt on these? Fourthly does anyone here on ubuntu forums use lastpass with the 'yubikey' device-does it work well on ubuntu? And fifthly are ironkey usb keys worth the money or are they a scam?
configuring/enabling the fingerprint log-on feature in ubuntu 10.04 64 bit version on hp dv6 notebook. i tried the think finger tool to configure it but i couldn't do that as it fails to detect the scanning device.
I have installed openSuSE 11.2 and my fingerprint reader have been detected on Hardware Information. But when I try to enable it on "Fingerprint Reader", it throws an error: Cannot write PAM settings as you can see on the following pic:
How do I configure PAM to use the remember option for the passwd. It should remember the last 10 passwords and shouldnt allow the user to use the same old passwords. Here is what I have configured but doesnt work
#%PAM-1.0 # This file is auto-generated. # User changes will be destroyed the next time authconfig is run. auth required pam_env.so auth required /lib64/security/pam_tally.so deny=2 onerr=fail even_deny_root_account unlock_time=5 auth sufficient pam_unix.so likeauth nullok
im interested to know how to change fingerprint ?Linux (Ubuntu) look like WindowsLinux kernel 2.6 look like Linux 2.4 ----apache 2.2 look like apache 1.3apache look like IIS apache look like "BLABLABLA"
Are there any possible options to archive this w/ the 2.6.34 kernel? I know windows can do this w/ a button and BSD can drop packets when connected to closed ports...is IP personality usable in 2.6? Do I need work-arounds? any more options??Currently I've managed to @%#$ my OS fingerprints so results won't show as Linux.4/2.6...etc, but the problem is.. instead it's got the word "Redhat" in it (which is well... worse... because now.. if someone looks at my machine he/she'll know I am on either RHEL/Fedora )
everytime i try to vnc to my box, it pops up the keyring authentication, which is obviously a huge problem when logging in remotely.how do i change my keyring password to match my login password?
I 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
How can I force passwd to use a simple password?I want to change my passwd & delete passwd history (if stored).I plan on creating a Virtual Appliance that uses another password besides my testing password.
I 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?
i need to knw is the a way to configure the ubuntu desktop to prompt for a password when relogin after the screen is locked?
it asks for a username and password a at the login prompt if i relogin after logging out out but when i lock the scree by pressing ctrl +alt + l and try to relogin it will not ask for a password , it just let me log in automatically to the pc , i think this is a security issue cos anyone else can login to my pc without prowiding credentials
I am using Red Hat 5 and kannel for SMS solution. My question is How to configure kannel for different user names and passwords. So that we can submit SMS to kannel using any one of the username. Also we need to keep record of SMS according to user name via it was submitted to kannel..? Please guide me for the same.
i am after proxy server, i add the proxy server access username and password
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it said the export is succecefully done, but after trying to install something using yum, its give me this [root@locVirtual-linuxtest etc]# yum install samba
does anyone know of a good tutorial on how to set up and configure snort 2.8.5.2 on a ubuntu 10.10 system.I have been trying to set up snort and have run into alot of problems setting up the config file and the rules. It works in sniff and packet log mode but i cannot seem to set up IDS mode correctly. There is alot of different info on the net but not much help. There seems to be alot of work involved in setting this up which i do not mind provided i can find the proper documentation to configure the set up.
I am novice user of linux. I need to know how to configure firewall so my system cant be compromised...In windows my system was greatly compromised. keyloggers were installed without my approval and my desktop was taken on remote. What should I do so without my knowledge no software can be installed and i can close all ports and only open which ever port is required to open. What should i do so my desktop cant be taken on remote?How do I configure user rights ? So except me no one can install any software. I will have another general user id for internet surfing
I'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
I 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.
Every 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'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?
