Security :: Su - Incorrect Password - When Logging As Wheel User And Trying To Access Root

Dec 18, 2010

I 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:

View 14 Replies


ADVERTISEMENT

Ubuntu :: Recovery Mode In Grub - Can Change Password Of Every User By Logging In As Root

Mar 25, 2010

I just tried ubuntu 9.10 in recovery mode i came to know that i can change root passwd without knowing the password then i can change password of every user by logging in as root

View 2 Replies View Related

Fedora Security :: "su - Root" Giving Incorrect Password?

Jun 9, 2011

how to login as a root in the terminal .

it is saying : su - incorrect password.

I have change the #chmod 755/bin/su

Now i cant login as a root from command line , though root password works from GNOME

View 1 Replies View Related

Ubuntu :: Installed Skype And Keep Logging In It Keeps Saying Incorrect Password

May 8, 2010

Got latest version of ubuntu, installed skype and i keep logging in it keeps saying incorrect pw. than i made a new account and tried that, still incorrect pw?

View 1 Replies View Related

Security :: Sudo Non-user/non-root Password?

Feb 19, 2010

Stumped on this one. I'm trying to set up limited sudo authority on a desktop with some sensitive user data, and as an extra precaution I wanted to configure sudo to use a password other than the user's or the root's. I'm not sure how to do this. From the manual, we have a few options, such as "runaspw" or "targetpw", but none seem quite what I'm looking for.For instance, "runaspw" could be used if I created a user for nothing other than sudo(ing) purposes, but it requires you set "runas_default", which means that said user would have to have authority to execute said commands in the first place. This is workable, but seems like a lot of extra configuration for each specific command that I want to run, as well as creating some issues with simply commands such as "shutdown" or "reboot". Also, "targetpw" can be used in conjunction with a sudo(ing)-only user if I set an alias, but, again, this isn't quite what I am looking for.

Ultimately, what I am really concerned about in this situation are keystroke loggers, so I would prefer to avoid repeated entering the user or root password when performing administrative tasks. Also, I would prefer not having to create a sudo(ing)-only user as mentioned above to prevent a comprimised password resulting in an attacker being able to log into my system.

View 3 Replies View Related

Fedora Security :: How To Disable Root And User Password

Jan 12, 2009

It seem like unix abit annoying every time you log in you need to password can I disable it

View 10 Replies View Related

OpenSUSE :: Access Root Components With User Password?

Jul 20, 2011

So I'm attempting to get my system to not require the root password while still requiring some form of authentication. My current issue is getting yast2 and its components to ask for the user's password and not the root's.

Is there a way to have these tools ask for user's password instead of root's?

View 3 Replies View Related

CentOS 5 :: Enter Password For Root User - SSH Access Denied

Apr 18, 2011

I have a new CentOS server install. I am trying to connect from a windows xp box using putty ssh. I can get as far as putting in the password for root user and then it tells me access denied.

View 2 Replies View Related

Security :: Sshd Not Working Properly \ System Has Only One User (root) Without Password?

Aug 10, 2010

I have a problem with sshd daemon on a target linux system:The system has only one user (root) without password.The sshd_config looks like:

Code:
Port 22
Protocol 2

[code]...

View 8 Replies View Related

OpenSUSE Multimedia :: Access Denied For User 'root'@'localhost' (using Password: NO)?

Mar 13, 2010

I am pulling my hair out once again after trying for over 15 months off and on to get a tv tuner working under linux. I have just received my new tuner card which I thought was supposed to be easy to run, a HVR-950Q, no luck yet. But first I am trying to use something called mysql (new to me), for mythtv and [I] keep getting

# mysqladmin -u root password ma
mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)

View 9 Replies View Related

Security :: Resetting Root Password In Suse In Single User Mode & Rescue

Jul 14, 2009

When I go to single user mode for resetting root password, It ask root pawssword for login.The message displayed on prompt is "Give root password for login.On the boot prompt, I select kernel and press 'e' and after one space type 1 for single User mode and then press 'b' for booting.It shows message entering in single user mode but ask root password. Even I tried into rescue mode, but I couldn't ser root password.In rescue mode on prompt, It shows rescue login: I typed root, But when typed 'passwd' foe resetting root pawssword,It shows message unknown user and not authetication.

View 1 Replies View Related

General :: CentOS / Sudo Doesn't Accept Root Password But Logging In As Root Works

Apr 9, 2010

I was trying to edit a file requiring root permissions, so I used sudo. I typed the root password and it failed. This happened three times, and the process was ended. I then logged in as root (su) and was able to navigate to the file and make changes as root. Am I missing something? How would I edit the sudoers file such that this password would work? Or is there another way to log in to the sudo group to make these changes? How do I set sudo passwords?

View 1 Replies View Related

Security :: Doesn't Access Root Passward From User Login

Nov 26, 2009

I 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 Related

Red Hat :: Su: Incorrect Password PAM As Root?

Apr 15, 2011

I've inherited a linux box, redhat I believe.

Code:
Linux tmif3 2.6.9-5.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Jan 5 19:29:47 EST 2005 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux I added a user useradd billy because I don't like being root. I changed the password using passwd billy all as normal. when I try to logon, ssh rsh I cannot. even as root with an su - yields the following..

[Code]...

View 6 Replies View Related

Ubuntu Servers :: Access Denied For User 'root'@'localhost' / Set The Password During Installation Process?

Dec 14, 2010

I have installed mysql-server, but i have no access. I have set the password during installation process.

Used command:
mysql -u root -p
error message:

[code]....

View 8 Replies View Related

Software :: ERROR 1045 (28000): Access Denied For User 'root'@'localhost' (using Password: YES)

Feb 13, 2011

for some reason root lost grant privileges and I can't get it back. The user got grant_priv = 'Y' in the usertable. I've tried to reset all the priviliges to the user by killing MySQL process and started up again without grant options with no luck. I've also tried lots of other things but can't seem to get it work. Here is what I get: Quote:

[root@xxxxxxxxx mysqldba]# mysql -p
Enter password:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or g.
Your MySQL connection id is 2
Server version: 5.0.77 Source distribution

[Code]...

View 7 Replies View Related

General :: Root Logins Are Not Allowed \ When Try To Login As Root, After Logging Out As User, It Does Not Allow?

Dec 2, 2010

i just installed linux mandriva 2009. i set password for root and created a user account. when i try to login as root, after logging out as user, it does not allow me and gives the error "root logins are not allowed". even it does not show the root account. if i try to go to root from konsole terminal using su root, it allows to enter as a root but when i try to start the GUI with startx it gives error.not sure what to do and why i can't see my account in GUI mode

View 5 Replies View Related

Ubuntu Servers :: Setup The MYSQL Server - Error: 'Access Denied For User 'root'@'localhost' (using Password: NO)'

Mar 26, 2010

I set up a servber on my local machine, & also PHp - Both working fine.I'm trying to load up MYSQL i have installed it, & *can* start/stop the server. however if I do anything else with it, I get this error :-

Quote:

root@gordon-desktop:~# sudo mysqladmin -u root -h localhost password MYPASSWORD
mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)'

Query :-

1) How do I know MYSQL is actually active ? (apart from the message it says that its statrted (or stopped).

2) Is there a way to

a) Find out the usernames that are recorded on the MYSQL server ?
b) set / RESET the 'root' username (I know MYSQL root user is different to PC root user)
c) anything else I can do on the PHP / website code to see if MYSQL is working

(as yet, no tables / databases etc have been set up - as I can't get past this error message - I get the same error when setting up a database.)

Ps I did allow my usermname (when logged in to ubuntu) to edit / create files in the /usr/www/ directory (but it is still OWNED by 'root' - that directory)

View 4 Replies View Related

Security :: Secure FTP - Root Privileges After Logging In Form A Macintosh And Could Browse The Root Directory

Apr 12, 2010

I 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.

View 1 Replies View Related

Fedora :: Gyachi Invalid User Or Incorrect Password?

Feb 5, 2010

today i got this message everytime i try to login to yahoo messenger:"gyachi invalid user or incorrect password !" The user and password are corect, if i switch to kopete or pidgin is all right.Only with gyachi i have that problem. Using Fedora 10, gyachi improved v1.2.3

View 3 Replies View Related

Ubuntu Security :: GKSU Terminates After 1 Incorrect Password Attempt

Nov 19, 2010

Just like the title says, if I were to try to run anything through gksu and accidentally put in an incorrect password, instead of the gksu window coming up again, it would just terminate.

Code:
theyain@theyain-laptop:~$ gksu update-manager
GNOME_SUDO_PASSGNOME_SUDO_PASSSorry, try again.
sudo: 3 incorrect password attempts

Whats interesting is that it gives me the sudo error after only one incorrect password attempt.

View 8 Replies View Related

OpenSUSE Install :: When Edit My User-name And Password The System Said That Login Is Incorrect

Oct 16, 2010

Today I have installed Linux SUSE 11.2 . At installation, I was asked for user-name and password. I edit this correctly.

At the end of the installation, the system reboots until the mask 'user name' and 'password' will be displayed. When I edit my user-name and the password the system said, that the login is not correct.

First, I think, I have forgetten my password an do a new installation of Linus SUSE 11.2 . Whatever, the same problem ist still there.

View 3 Replies View Related

SUSE :: Login Incorrect - Can't Go Farther From Welcome Screen - System Asking - User And Password

Mar 3, 2010

I have just bought a PC with SUSE 10.1-0. The first time I started the PC an installation menu appeared. I didn't define a user name, thinking that it should log in automatically (as in Windows occurs), but now I can't go farther from the Welcome screen, due to the system is asking me de user and password, but I didn't introduce nothing! Leaving username and password in blank didn't solve the matter.

I can see the admin screen (pressing F10) but I am not able to find any user to log (logically) and I can't include new users from there.

I have also tried to install Windows XP modifying the BIOS but the system returns a message (once in the WinXP installation program) about an error called 4096, about the file i386halaacpi.dll, which is unable to find (something about the HAL), so I am afraid that my (new) RAM memory is damaged.

What could I do? The system is for an old person, so I would like to install finally WinXP and delete Suse.

View 3 Replies View Related

Installation :: How To Logging Root User

Nov 27, 2009

How to logging in root user[ubuntu].

View 1 Replies View Related

Server :: Root User Not Logging In Gui / Get That?

Dec 13, 2010

I have RHEL4 server. my root is able to login from CUI mode but not able to login from GUI mode. normal user is able to login from GUI mode and we go to root through su command but directly root is not able to login from GUI

View 2 Replies View Related

Security :: NIS Password Mapping - Allow User "techsupport1" To Access Web Server?

May 19, 2010

I have a NIS server and a web server as a client. I have a regular linux user (without root privileges) "techsupport1" on NIS server.
On the client web server, I have root user, and my clients. Now what I want to achieve is, allow my user "techsupport1" to access the web server, but instead of logging in using root user, I'd like the client to use username "techsupport1", but in the same time, give that user root privileges on the web server (client). The reason, is that I have more than one user who need to manage the web server (client), so I want to be able to clearly see in the bash_history, who has been running what commands. right now, when I login as a techsupport user to the web server (client) from my NIS server

[code]...

I don't have root privileges, also my gid is matching to gid of a customer who has the same 517 on the web server. How can I configure, so when a tech support agent 1, logs in to web server, NIS grants root privileges, but keeps the techsupport username?

View 2 Replies View Related

General :: Avoid Logging With Root User?

Jul 22, 2010

I have created a linux machine and installed some softwares on it with root user privileges . I used to login with root user credentials for doing the various task.

Later i have realise that this is not the best practice to follow and there should be a new user with less privileges to be created for doing the day to day task.

I have read the steps to create the user but will that new user sufficient enough to do the task that i m doing it through root user?
Will my software allow the new user to work on them?
I would be glad if someone points me to a guidelines on what should be my next step?

View 4 Replies View Related

Security :: Getting Access Denied When "user Must Change Password At Next Logon" Is Checked?

Mar 1, 2011

I have got a RHEL 5.6 server configured to authenticate via a Windows 2008 domain controller via LDAPS.Everything is working fine, except from the following: When I create a new user in Active directory and check the option "user must change password at next logon", the new user cannot logon and gets an "access denied" message. In /var/log/secure, I find the following:

Mar 1 14:43:21 cpssvn10 sshd[5363]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=192.168.3.12 user=testuser2
Mar 1 14:43:21 cpssvn10 sshd[5363]: pam_ldap: error trying to bind as user "CN=CPSS Testuser 2,OU=IBM,DC=cpss,DC=smarterplatform,DC=com" (Invalid credentials)
Mar 1 14:43:23 cpssvn10 sshd[5363]: Failed password for testuser2 from 192.168.3.12 port 4583 ssh2

As soon as I uncheck the "user must change ..." option, the user can log on without problems. Also password change via the passwd command works.

View 2 Replies View Related

Ubuntu Security :: Disable Root From Logging In Via GDM?

Mar 11, 2010

I've enabled the root account on Ubuntu 9.10, however I want to stop it from being used to login via GDM. 9.10 seems to have a different GDM version, how can I carry this out under 9.10

View 9 Replies View Related

Security :: Logging In As Root Over Rsync/ssh For Backups?

Sep 30, 2010

I need to login as root, or at least get root privileges, in a cron triggered backup run. The straight way to do this would be the backup server making an ssh connection to the server to be backed up (this way because I want to avoid many servers being backed up in parallel and the backup server itself would be managing this diversity), via the rsync command which would be performing the backup's synchronization step.

I'm looking for alternatives to this in some form. I'd like to disallow direct root login to my ssh port (not 22One idea I have is to have the backup server initiate an ssh login as a non-root user, to either the actual source server, or to a server that can reach the source server ... and set up port forwarding. Over the forwarded port, then initiate the rsync that logs in as root via another port that allows direct root, but cannot be reached from the internet at all (because the border firewall doesn't include this port as allowed in).FYI, these logins will be using ssh keys, not passwords. I do need to keep ownership metadata for files being backed up, so this is why I am using root. Also, rsync is needed to get the incremental updates to keep bandwidth usage lower (otherwise I could just transfer a tarball each day).Anyone have any other ideas or comments, for security issues, based on experience doing things like this (backups, routine data replication, etc)?

View 5 Replies View Related







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