I just installed gufw and was in quite a hurry. A root acces prompt came up as I started gufw for the first time, and I quickly responded with appropriate password. All I saw in this hurry was that it had something to do with the usr/share directory.So, here's my question: Does gufw require root access when first starting up
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In our group we use NIS and have a group set up called netadmin which is given root privileges on each machine. Each machine also has a localuser called localuser created and used during installation. When logged in as a member of netadmin, attempting any action that requires root privileges (e.g. installing software in Ubuntu Software Center) results in a prompt asking for localuser's password, not the current user's password.
Does anyone know the cause? Configuration issue or Ubuntu issue? We can get around it.
gufw - transfer gufw rules to a new computer.Set-up over time, a gufw contains dozens of rules.Is there a way to easily copy and transfer these rules to a new computer - without spending hours of setting it up again from scratch, by hand
View 4 Replies View RelatedVERY GREEN to Ubuntu. My setup:
1. computer A connects to the internet through usb dial up modem
2. computer A & B are wirelessly networked through an ADHOC network.
3. computer B doesnot need to connect to the internet.
I've installed the GUFW. If I enable it I can not see the other computer files. I use static IPs for both. I tried setting a rule but I get stumped were it asks for the port. I'm not all that familiar with ports.
I did one of the recommended port scans and all ports passed but failed on pinging. How do you turn pinging on & off with GFUW?
View 9 Replies View RelatedIs there a way to use the firewall to essentially lock certain programs like firefox and transmission to my vpn connection-so that in the event that my vpn connection goes down these programs do not use my default ISP Internet connection.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI'm brand new to Linux and perhaps foolishly jumped right into Debian (Jessie). I've managed to get Dropbox downloaded/installed/whatever the proper parlance is, but in order to access it I have to input Code: Select all~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd. When I close the root terminal, Dropbox disappears.There's no icons in the menu. Likewise with GUFW. It might be superfluous since UFW seems to be active whenever I check it through the root terminal. Is there any way to configure Dropbox to start automatically and maintain its status even if the root terminal is closed? I've looked around these forums and the internet in general and not found any similar problems. Also, I installed Spotify but whenever I click the icon nothing happens.
View 8 Replies View RelatedJust want to stealth ports on my laptop. Had problems with firestarter when I installed in on 10.10. Set Firestater back to defaults and then dumped it with:
Code:
sudo apt-get purge firestarter
Set up Gufw to defaults and now am not sure what I am seeing with iptables.
iptables -L shows .....
Do these settings look correct for default settings for Gufw? or do I still have some problems with the old firestarter settings not being removed. All I want is all ports stealthed. I know that ping is enabled but I believe that is a default setting in ufw. Could I restore iptables to default with:
Code:
sudo iptables -F
and then enable Gufw and set default?
I have downloaded the eclipse Ganymede 3.4.2 in my fedora-9.JDK 1.6 is installed in the system.when I try to run the eclipse by clicking the executable file it's running but asking for a password.I tried with my system password and "eclipse" as the password but it's not accepting it.When I run that ecplise in other system it works f9, so I think I need to make some configurational changes in my system.can anyone guide me in this this is urgent as am in the middle of a project for which eclipse in necessery.
View 2 Replies View RelatedWhen creating 10 samba users I also created Linux users. I do not want these Samba users to be able to use putty, winscp etc to access the server.
Do you know how I can restrict ssh access to specific users?
I temporarily placed a Back in Time backup into the root partition, by running it as root.However, I couldn't get it back out on the Desktop, so I opened a terminal window and ran 'sudo nautilus', which I now know should be avoided. I couldn't bring up "Properties" of the root folder, but I was able to open it and see the backintime folders. I then clicked on root, which was in the toolbar row "< root backintime" and was able to get full access to properties. I flipped folder access to "create and delete files" for Otherter disconnecting from the network, and moved the folder to the Desktop. So, is this correct or is it inconsistent that I could open root from the toolbar and not from the folder listing when opening 'filesystem'?
View 6 Replies View RelatedI would like to know if it is possible to deny the access to a file for root? Would ACL's be a possibility? I have "googled" around but haven't found anything interesting (except SELinux). I should secure a password file to an important database.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI have an ADSL modem and router, its OS is linux. It runs ftp service, and I can read files in its file system, but I have no permission to list files and to write files. It has TR069 protocol connections and can upgrade remotely.It has ssh, but not started.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI can't use synaptic. Starting it from the gui appears to make it ask for the root password (of which there is none!). If i sudo synaptic, it starts fine with the appropriate privileges.
I ran into this problem first when I used rhythmbox for the first time. It needed to install plugins for my mp3s, but I can't authenticate into synaptic. The dialogue asks for "Password for root:", where I think it should ask for "Password for $USER:"
Why is this, and what can I do about it.
PS, This is a fresh install of 10.10. When transferring my old userfiles over from my old Karmic install I had to userdel the user I used when installing, and then create another user with the same name and details. The reasons for this escape me at the moment, and no doubt were entirely of my own making, but that's what happened. Has this got something to do with it?
I'm currently running a dual boot (VistaFedora 11) system. I've noticed that the first time I access files on the Windows partition (via Nautilus GUI) I'm prompted for root access. However, on subsequent attempts to access the Windows partition I am NOT prompted for root access (even after I close/re-open Nautilus). My concern is that I'm leaving my root access "open".
View 4 Replies View RelatedI get the problem to acess root password when i am in user login, means wahen i am in user login and want to install software from terminal then he asked root password, when i supplied root password but he give me login incorrect.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have tried to not allow root access and have created a wheel user.
Now I can not logged in as root.
Its okay but when am logging as wheel user and trying to access root then it says:
Code:
I'd like to boot my windoze partition in opensuse. However,
System > Virtualization > Create Virtual Machines Yields nothing.
Only asks for root PW, and then does nothing else. Xen is installed.
I have been trying to use my DS2490 USB to serial device with a Maxim .DG1921G thermocron with owfs. It is supposed to give me access to a virtual file system for the thermocrom without needing to launch owfs as root.
Code:
/var/log/messages gives:
Feb 8 16:22:45 norman-HP-G56-Notebook-PC kernel: [ 236.140141] usb 5-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2[code]....
but if ds2490 module is loaded it works when run sudo.It seems from this that it is a lack of permissions to USB but I have tried all the methods on at http://owfs.org/index.php?page=udev etc. to overcome this and a few others but none work.I am running Ubuntu 10.10 kernel 2.6.35-22-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP
When I try to do software updates in Debian Gnome 7.8 it asks for my root password. I try my usual login password but it does not work. I don't recall setting two different passwords when I installed Debian. What can I do now?
View 14 Replies View RelatedIn Ubuntu 10.04, I logged in as user1 and when I open a new terminal and issue any command it is asking password.user@ubun-laptop:~$ sudo ifconfig[sudo] password for user: It is asking for password only for first time.From the next command onwards it is not asking.Can some one please tell me if it is possible to issue ONLY ONE COMMAND, in which even if the password request comes, it will automatically fill the password.Just like "ps -elf | grep NetworkManager". I am expecting any combination of commands in a single line, so that password is filled automatically IF PASSWORD IS ASKED. If password is not asked, the command must be executed.
View 17 Replies View RelatedWhenever I start a browser, it asks me to enter my root password because of some pgp keyring issue. I set my password as standard in seahorse, but no change.
The Gnome3 interface sometimes lags very noticeably.
Packagekit constantly blocks my zypper use, and it won't shut down. Not even after I log out and log in again. I tried just removing everything related to packagekit, but that just breaks everything.
Searching for repositories is a pain and there are too many different ones and I never know which one is the latest and how these will be upgraded in the future. Zypper itself is awesome, everything else about package and repo management is not.
I can't uninstall applications properly. I remove them via zypper, and when I do a distro update they get added back in. (gnome games for example)
Whenever I install or search for anything in zypper, I get hundreds of these errors: GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See GConf configuration system for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: The connection is closed)..but it still finds something.
I am trying to install a lexmark 5600 printer driver. It asks me for my root administrator password. I enter the only password on the system as it is my home computer and I am the only user. I get error message stating it is the wrong password.
View 4 Replies View RelatedAfter installing ubuntu 10.10 on pc i had it running fine for roughly 2 weeks. i have selected automatic login so i do not need to mess about logging in etc, but recently my pc asks for my password to unlock keyring once it shows my desktop.
View 2 Replies View RelatedHave setup using Samba a share on the documents folder. When I attempt to access it from another PC, when access is allowed to everyone, all works perfectly.However, when I allow access just to a user, on attempting to access this folder, it asks for a password but on entering the correct password it does not allow access.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI've been using wicd (1.6.2.1 was the latest version on my desktop computer, maybe it got updated) without any problems for a long time. This morning after switching the thing on to read the morning news with a nice hot cup of coffee I got a number of funny Gui system messages: Wicd needs to access your computer's network cards. Password
View 12 Replies View Relatedwhen i login to openSUSE a window named login keyring appears and it asks me root password. it happens everytime when i login. how to fix this problem?
View 9 Replies View Relatedwant to run VirtualBox with root permissions. Trouble is that only when run as root i can access attached USB devices inside of a virtual machine, otherwise, these a greyed out).Now running VirtualBox as a root user also changes the configuration folders, making all my virtual machines already defined disappear. I also don't want to copy all to the root configuration folders. Is there a way to give the VirtualBox root permissions but without actually running the application as a root user. Is it possible to do without changing the permissions of the non-root user, i.e. i don't want my user to have all root permissions, due to security considerations.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI am using Ubuntu 11.04. I am also using xampp 1.7.4.It always says it needs to be run as root, however some people have mentioned that it poses a great security risk.So how do i run xampp without being root?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI run ProFTPd with TLS authentication on my Debian Lenny server. My problem is that despite of the fact that my users connect chrooted, one of my friends had root privileges after logging in form a Macintosh and could browse the root directory, too.
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