just got a secondhand laptop that already has ubuntu loaded on it but ithas been registered to the previous owner can i reset to my username and password or do i have to reinstall it thanks mark
View 2 Repliesbrand new 2 Ubantu & set up standard Ubantu compartment accessed via 1 user name only and password. 1st few times all good but now suddenly, unexpectedly password declared invalid. Had written down password so it is correct & not entry error. Not know how to reset password or bypass 'username/password log on screen' Am on an Acer 5542G with windows 7 home premium.
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Is there a way to reset the password and username without using peripherals (and without losing the information on the hard disk)?
I recently installed vsftpd on my server. I noticed that users on the machine can login into vsftpd with their username and password on the machine and go to their root dir "/home/username".Now, I want to give some people a vsftpd username and password so they can upload and download files and folders to their folder, but this folder has to be in the "/var/www/(username)" folder. I don't want them to be able to go to any other folder than their own folder like "/var", "/etc" or "/home" etc. Also I don't want them to be able to login on the machine as a user, through putty for example. They should only be allowed to acces their folder with vsftpd, nothing else.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI am an absolute Linux Beginner who is being required to do a bit of admin work because the boss just fired the old linux admin. Unfortunately, one of our employees cannot remember her password to her email account and as such I need to reset it on our linux server.What I want to check is that this email account is actually a linux user account and I simply will reset the password for it using the passwd command from the root login. Is that correct?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI'm using Ubuntu 10.04LTS. I'm trying to configure my chat accounts. But after entering username and password, it is asking "Enter password to unlock your login keyring". I have entered my login password. But it is saying that "The password you use to log in to your computer no longer matches that of your login keyring."
View 4 Replies View RelatedWhen I installed Ubuntu on my laptop, I had chosen "automatic login" . So i was not asked ofr username and password everytime I switched on. I later wanted to change the settings. So I went to systems-->administration-->login window-->security. There I disabled automatic login and I reboot the computer. Now the GUI does not allow me to enter Username and password. It says "Authorization denied" at the login screen.
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View 9 Replies View RelatedWell I have tried everything I can think of and anything on a google search.What I'm trying to do it secure the phpmyadmin folder.I put a .htaccess file in /usr/share/phpmyadmin.I can still just can't get it to pop up a required username and password.
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View 6 Replies View RelatedAnyone know how to reset a Ubuntu password? I've pulled up the "recovery mode", but when it gets to "Starting Ent Vol Mgmt Sys" the open fails, and then I get a series of timeout-resettings. I really just need to get into the recovery menu, but I can't get past this.
View 1 Replies View Relatedi'm trying to run ubuntu 9.10 64-bit on my 64-bit machine from a live cd, when i boot from the disk i select ENGLISH and the first option on the menu, which is try ubuntu without making any changes (or something to that effect). it then goes off to the black screen with the white ubuntu symbol, following that the brown login window appears requesting a user mane and password, now as its a live cd session i have not set a user name or password! so how do i login?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI would like to be able to enter codes. I have pressed ctrl alt f5, 6 etc and get to the black screen which asks for username and password. I enter the username and password that I use to log in, but I keep getting the message telling me that they are not correct.
View 8 Replies View RelatedI'm trying to install Lubuntu 10.04 beta 3 on an old computer to see if i can bring new life into the system but when i run the Cd if i choose run live session or try install Lubuntu straight it automatically takes me to a login screen to enter username and password.
Does anyone know the default username and password for Lubuntu 10.04 beta 3 ? ? ?
I really need to install or try out Lubuntu but i dont know the username and password to try or install it
I got the fresh installation of Ubuntu 10.04 desktop version.But it asked for username and password to login. I didn't set any username and password.I tried tose ubuntu and blank.Try ubuntu - it still ask for username and password .Install ubuntu - it still ask for username and password .
View 9 Replies View Relatednot for the typical username and password that I use to log into my computer. It's actually prompting me, upon startup/reboot to have me insert my name and password, in what appears to be the command prompt. I am still a noob with Ubuntu and Linux in general, so I have no idea what I did to make this happen. It's not terrible and zomg if it doesn't get fixed I'll die, but it is slightly inconvenient to have to "sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start" every time I reboot my computer. Anyone know what I have to do to fix this?I would also like to apologize if this has been covered in another topic, but I could not find anything
View 6 Replies View RelatedI am holding a computer building workshop with my school's technology club. We are going to build a computer from scratch and install Ubuntu on it. Since we are going to donate the computer to an underprivileged elementary school student who is yet to be determined, I don't want to setup a generic username and password.Is there anyway fully install Ubuntu and then on first boot have the student type in their desired username and password? I want to make this as easy as possible for the student. I am really excited for this event and glad that I can give back to the community.
View 5 Replies View RelatedThe download page says the CD should boot into the desktop. Instead I am getting a login screen. What is the default username and password? (I assume that after I log in I will have an option to actually install it on my hard disc ...)
View 9 Replies View RelatedAfter not using Ubuntu for a couple of weeks - suddenly it will no longer accept my username or password- it does not say which one it doesn't like - been using the same ones for 3 years.How can I get in to reset ?It is on a multiboot PC... Ubuntu/WinXP Pro/Win XP home
MTIA
Haven't used my laptop with Ubuntu 9.04 in months, completely forgotten my username and password. I've read up other peoples advice on this but it hasn't helped, tried following this, [URL] but once i get to 'Drop to root shell prompt' i get 'Give root password for maintenance (or type Control-D to continue): I don't recall ever having a 'root password'
View 4 Replies View RelatedI installed lucid lynx about a month ago. with I installed filezilla and I have wordpress running on localhost.
When I do an automatic on wordpress it asks for ftp credentials. I don't my ftp credentials. I was not aware that I had ftp username and password. I am not sure if that means I installed the ftp server without knowing. my root password does not work on this.
I tried searching through wordpress forums but most of them show me how to set the ftp username and password in wp-config file so that it doesn't ask for it every time.
How can I find out the ftp username and password on my computer.
ssh to server without username and password
View 1 Replies View RelatedI was given an old computer running Ubuntu but the guy that gave me the computer didn't know the user name or password. So I booted into full root shell and did ls /home and the computer responded with mskbxI then did passwd mskbxand it responded withpasswd: unknown user mskbx
View 7 Replies View RelatedWe have an employee that left our place of business on bad terms and his computer has been locked out since. The comp runs Ubuntu 10.10.
We have followed the regular password reset methods online but the Kerberos password seems to be getting in the way. We have no idea was this password is and it seems impossible to work around. Does anybody know a way?
Were were about to gain access as the root user but cannot access other user accounts as the root user.
There was a recent thread in this forum regarding capturing of SSH passwords via the use of wireshark. The thread subject was closed, which is a decision that I both agree with as well as agree with the reasoning behind. The thread, however, raised a point of curiosity and concern that I would like to ask about. Quoting from a the book, SSH, The definitive guide,
The client authenticates you to the remote computer's SSH server using an encrypted connection, meaning that your username and password are encrypted before they leave the local machine. The SSH server then logs you in, and your entire login session is encrypted as it travels between client and server. Because the encryption is transparent, you won't notice any differences between telnet and the telnet-like SSH client.
I was under the impression that SSH was impervious to this type of eavesdropping, and quite frankly I take great comfort in that idea. I personally, only allow RSA keys for SSH access and (hopefully) avoid this problem (?) as a result. Does SSH really have a vulnerability in that the authentication is sent via plain text? How to ensure the security of SSH and not on anything that could be considered a how to 'crack' it.
i'm new in ubuntu server..just installed it and i was prompted to enter my username and password..but theni got this prompt:administrator@ubuntuserver:
View 5 Replies View RelatedI did these steps to change my username: I like to directly edit /etc/passwd and /etc/groups
First open a terminal, become root
Code:
sudo -i
Now:
Code:
usermod -d /home/new -m old
sed -i -e 's_old_new_g' /etc/passwd
sed -i -e 's_old_new_g' /etc/group<-
sed -i -e 's_old_new_g' /etc/shadow
My computer shut down after I did the second step and now my password isn't working! I cannot open my home folder or get back to root!
I have installed the ubuntu-10.04-desktop-i386.iso to a USB Key/Drive using Universal USB Installer (v1.5.5). I restart my machine and boot to Ubuntu from USB. I then go to System > Administration > Update Manager and download all the updates and start to install them. I then come across this... Where do I go from here? Do I need to type anything in?
View 8 Replies View RelatedI downloaded the disk image, burned it to disk and after 3 tries managed to get the disk to load. It is asking me for a username and password. What is the username and password to log onto the install disk?
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