Ubuntu Security :: Root Password To Make Admin Printer Changes?

Jan 23, 2010

I try to install my printer again after reinstall ubuntu 9.04. ("downgraded from 9.10"). Instead of asking for the local-user-login password, as it does for other system changes, it asks for a root password that I never had. What happened? How can I set this right?I made a printscreen.

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Ubuntu :: Root Admin - Loading The Printer Drivers For New Lexmark Printer

Jul 6, 2010

Ubuntu 10.04 and have a problem with loading the Linux printer drivers for my new Lexmark printer. When I try to load up the printer driver downloaded from the Lexmark site I am asked to enter a root administrator password, but when I enter the password I used to setup the OS it will not accept it. I have reviewed the "sudo" terminal password info, but as I am a newbie I was concerned about wrecking the installation.

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Jan 25, 2011

I have created 2 in Linux.One is admin and other is Guest.But I forgot my admin password.ow to retrieve or change the admin password?

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Debian Configuration :: When User Is Admin Root Password Is Still Needed

May 7, 2015

I'm using Debian Jessie Cinnamon right now. I've got 1 user account on my machine--fred--as well as root, of course. "fred" is an administrator, and many times that is enough for root priviledges, for example, I can install packages via apt or dpkg. However, I cannot access "Users and Groups", or install packages via GDebi, with my password. For that, I have to have the root password.

I know that it is possible to let the admin account handle everything and not even need root--for example, Mint and (I believe) Ubuntu do it this way. I don't know how, though.

Code: Select allgroups fred
fred : fred cdrom floppy sudo audio dip video plugdev netdev lpadmin scanner bluetooth

I did disable the root account by Code: Select allsudo passwd -l root to see if it would make any change. Nothing different happened except that I now can't use GDebi or access "Users and Groups" since the root account and therefore password is inactivated. Not a big deal to get it back, though.

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OpenSUSE Install :: Lost Admin (Root) Privilege Password

Feb 28, 2011

I'm new to Linux (had some basic Unix experience in 1995 era). (Teenager) gave me HP2133 mini notebook running SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10. Everything checks good (hardware and software), even wireless networking. Problem is she apparently created Admin/root password but says cannot remember. I cannot even set correct date time... yast is asking for root privilege:
Command: /sbin/yast2 time
Is there anything I can do to re-establish administrator privilege?

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Ubuntu Installation :: Make Xdg-su Accept Admin Password In Lucid When Installing Adobe Air?

May 20, 2010

It seems xdg-su is unable to accept my admin/root password whenever I try to install a new AIR application or make an upgrade.Upon every attempt to add my admin/root password I get an error: "su: Authentication failure". In the end: "Error# 5100"!I have recently upgraded to Lucid, but the problem has arisen back in Karmic.

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Ubuntu :: Getting A Root Password To Install A Printer Driver?

Feb 2, 2010

need a root password to install a printer driver. I have just upgraded to Ubuntu 9.10 have used the usual sudo command in the terminal window BUT when I try to type in a new root password the text entry is locked , so can't type anything.

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Ubuntu :: Trying To Install Printer And System Is Asking For Root Password

May 13, 2010

Trying to install printer and system is asking for root password

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Ubuntu :: Install A Lexmark Printer And Wants The Root Password?

Sep 18, 2010

I want to install a Lexmark printer which for some crazy reason wants the root password. The deb installer will not take my password which has sudo privileges. I understand that Ubuntu locks the root pass, but how can I get around this?

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Fedora Security :: Become Root Without Root Password?

Oct 20, 2010

I found this on Bee's website. For more info on this exploit there are links there:[URl]..All you have to do in Fedora 13 is enter the following lines in a shell as normal user:

[Code]...

I don't think this can be considered solely an "upstream" problem, because I first tried it in Arch using the same version of glibc, and the final command causes both gnome-terminal and xterm windows to disappear.

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Nov 5, 2009

I'm using Ubuntu 9.04 and i've installed my HP Printer and SAMBA successfully. Windows XP clients on my network can successfully print through this shared printer. My problem is, is there a way to put a security password or some sort of authentication before they can print? its because this printer is only dedicated to one department only.

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Ubuntu :: Install Lexmark 5600 Printer Driver - Asks Me For My Root Administrator Password

Mar 3, 2011

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.

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Ubuntu :: Make Root Password Visible As Asterisk?

Dec 30, 2010

Is it possible to make root password visible as asterisk(or any other character) on using sudo command??urrently,it does not display anything on monitor,thus,making it difficult to count the number of keystrokes pressed...

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Ubuntu :: Login Password Ok, But Password To Perform Admin Tasks Not Working?

Apr 23, 2010

I thought these were the same password?In-fact, they WERE the same password on the set-up I currently have.But now, weirdly, I can log in fine but I the exact same password is not using in order to perform admin tasks.I've tried a recovery mode, console, and then "password (username)" in order to reset the password.This does reset the password I need to use to log in, but the password still does not work for performing admin tasks

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General :: Make Sudo Ask For The Root Password?

Jul 9, 2010

When I run sudo as a normal unprivileged user, it asks for my password, not the root password. That's often convenient, but it reduces the amount of information someone would have to have in order to run commands as root. So how can I make sudo ask for the root password instead of the invoking user's password? I know it'd be done with a line in /etc/sudoers, but I can never seem to properly parse the BNF grammar in the man page to figure out exactly what to write.

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Software :: Cannot Authenticate Root Password / Make It Possible?

Jul 9, 2011

Lots of password threads, but I didn't see this.
Installing Debian 6.0.2.1 amd64 on a Dell Optiplex 740.
The default install (simple graphical) works OK. But when I install "graphical expert", the same root password seems to be OK during the install, but doesn't work when the system comes up.

A. I have used a very short pw. It worked before.
B. The root pw is the same as the user pw. It worked before.

I am installing from CD and from DVD, both downloaded and burned as iso. In both cases, I asked for "graphical desktop" and "standard utilities", no servers, no laptop, no SQL.

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Security :: Root Password Cannot Be Changed

Jan 20, 2011

Protect against root password change[Log in to get rid of this advertisement]I have recently had to force a change of the root password on a linux box I was running. It was a test system which I had not used in a while, so I forgot the root password (not so smart).Anyway, I found that it was amazingly easy to reset the root password. Here is a straight forward article on how to do it.URL...

My question is: how can you protect against this? I see this as a security hole.I understand that the user must have physical access to the computer, but if I want to lock the system down so you cannot easily enter single user mode or the root password cannot be changed.

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Jan 26, 2011

We have a couple of clusters that are running Oracle. If you're familiar with Oracle you know that it basically has to be installed as root. Something I detest. anyway, when we are building out the box, we change the root pw and give it to the DBA team to do their installs and configs. When they are done, we change the root pw (and do not give it to them), and configure sudo to allow them the rights needed to manage Oracle and their databases.

Now however, we have a different situation. The DBAs need access to uninstall and reinstall components and make modifications on an ongoing basis. Since we only support OS and hardware, not app, they are requesting permanent root access. I promptly told them no, and the politics ensued. Their manager went to their director, who went to my director, and suddenly an exception is given for his good golfing buddy. So here I am, forced to turn lose DBAs on my clusters with full root access/pw. I need a way to allow specific users (or perhaps a specific user group) the ability to become root WITHOUT sharing the root pw with them.

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Ubuntu Security :: Any Way To Change Password For Root Privileges?

Jul 10, 2011

I've been using Ubuntu for like a year now. Whenever I want root privileges I just type sudo and enter my User password. I wanna know if there's a way to change this, in a way that My User password is: "ABC" and the password needed to have root privileges is: "ABC123". I have no problem using the terminal, I actually prefer it to any GUI, it just seems easier to me.

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Ubuntu Security :: Can't Change Password / Make It Possible?

Jul 21, 2010

When I go the the Change Password dialog box and type my new password, the box seems to stall forever when I try to change my password. The Authenticate and Change password buttons are grayed out but the Close button still works and when I click on it the box will close without changing my password.

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Fedora Security :: Forgot Root Password?

Sep 21, 2009

what does one do when he forgets the root password ? i still have a terminal logged in as root how can i change the password in terminall

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Nov 14, 2009

I have been experiencing harassment with my websites being hacked so pardon me if this is an over-paranoid question.

Just recently started on FC11 after having abandoned Fedora for CentOS for a few months. So glad to be back, but...

I have been getting notices about security updates. When I click for the update, I am not asked for the root password and the update occurs.

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Jan 20, 2010

Found a major security hole in one of my more crucial linux servers today. (Only locally) I can use the user name "root" and any string for the password. So I can literally type "poop" as the password and the server lets me in. I know how to set root password settings for SSH and sudo, but where are settings located for local access that would allow something like this?

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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.

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Sep 1, 2011

I have ubuntu 11.04 installed along side windows. And I often share files with windows computers. If I am installing a new package from ubuntu software center, and consquently I have to log in as root to do so, which means I have given the system 'privileges' as the program is being installed, I decide to go open mozilla, and surf suspicious sites on the net. Is it possible in that case for me to get a virus?

When we enter the password for the root user in order to run one program such as ubuntu software center, does that mean that all programs have root privileges for the time being (as the software center is installing the program)?

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Ubuntu Security :: Make The Lock Screen Password?

Mar 12, 2010

Is there anyway to make the lock screen password (accesible when clicking the power icon) different from the username password ?Or to lock the screen, with a different, User defined password, seperate to the Default one ?

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Ubuntu Security :: Make Grub2 Of 10.04 Password Protected?

Sep 11, 2010

I was trying to make my grub2 password enabled. So I went through several blogs and forums(every thing has same way). What I do is I add following line this the /etc/00_header file

[Code]....

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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

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Fedora Security :: Root Login Via Ssh 12 Password Authentication?

Jan 27, 2010

Can't seem to do it, wondering if anyone knows how? Normally there's something in sshd_config that can be switched to true or yes to allow root login but I can't see it in fedora 12.I can login via root at a terminal no problem, just not via ssh, I get access denied every time. Also, I need to login using password authentication.I've done: 227169 but that's just for GUI which I don't really need since I rarely ever log into the GUI.I have also searched through here and mostly only found info such as above, how to enable root login for GUI, or billions of posts about how logingin as root is bad but I cannotswer to my question.DISCLAIMER: Please do not reply to this thread if all you can contribute is the question of why I need root or to put some message telling me I can do everything using su, etc, etc. Please only contribute if you can answer my question. A: My machine and a valid quesiton. B: Spirit of Linux is open, not restrictive

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Security :: RHEL Root Password Automatic Change?

Jun 1, 2010

To comply with standards I need to change the root pw every so often. However, I really don't have a need to know the root password; as the only thing using root, is for ssh authenticating via ssh keys. What I want to do is automate the root password change monthly via a cron job, to a random value. Is there a way to do this without knowing the previous password?

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