Oh, right, you need /etc/shadow too which actually has all the password hashes.
On Wed, 2009-10-07 at 16:58 -0700, [email protected] wrote: > Hi Stefan, > > Thanks for the reply. I'll try karmic and see if it helps. I would > hope the beta version has fixed those bugs from 9.04. I looked at > the /etc/passwd file and didn't find any passwords in there, though I > saw the home directories and usernames -- so if I restore users, how > will the passwords be restored? The /etc/groups file was also empty. > I'm assuming to restore the home directories all I do is backup the > home directory, and then restores the .etc.passwd file once the home > directory with all the user subdirectories are in place. I'm just > concerned that the passwords won't be there. > > Do you know if there's anyway to run local apps on 8.04, or is it just > on Jaunty and higher? > > Tim > > On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 4:43 PM, Stefan Nuxoll <[email protected]> > wrote: > 8.04 is an LTS release, so that would be why it's lacking > these bugs. I > can't say for sure whether karmic has them fixed or not, at > this point > there's no harm in trying. As for backing up your account > info, just > backup /etc/passwd and /etc/groups. > > > On Wed, 2009-10-07 at 16:21 -0700, [email protected] wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > > > I hope this is the right list for this. I'm an 8th grade > teacher and > > have been trying to get an Ubuntu server with thin clients > set up in > > my classroom for the last 2 to 3 weeks. It's to the point > that > > technical goofs and problems are driving me crazy :) > > > > First, I think this might be a huge issue. On 9.04 with the > default > > installation with 2 ethernet cards, everyone works fine > EXCEPT that > > when thin clients in firefox begin to watch something in > flash the > > sound works for about the first minute and then cuts off. > The sound > > usually goes back to the server. I have updated the latest > flash > > according the the Wiki, along with updating the pulse audio > package, > > and countless other things. No matter what I do, (even > playing a > > movie in another player not based in flash) the sound will > just stop > > from the thin client after 1 to 3 minutes of playing. I've > tried > > everything!!! I even tried running firefox locally. The > only thing > > that worked was installing Ubuntu 8.04 LTS and the sound > works > > flawlessly. > > > > BUT with that, it looks like I'm not able to run > applications locally > > on the 8.04 version, and I will have 6 or 7 students > watching tutorial > > flash videos all with sound. This is a big strain on the > server and > > was really hoping to be able to run applications locally. > Am I able > > to run applications locally on the thin client with version > 8.04? > > > > Also, with 9.04 on laptops the thin client image would be > backwards > > (all the letter would be reversed) but with 8.04 I don't > have that > > problems. It certainly seems like 8.04 has all the bugs out > of it, > > but it's lacking being able to run applications locally on > the thin > > client? > > > > I've looked all over google and just can't believe that no > one else is > > having the problem with the sound or the reverse image on > laptops as > > thin clients with 9.04. Is 9.10 fixing these problems? > > > > Also, now that I have all my student user date in the Users > and > > Groups, is there anyway I can backup this (user name and > password > > info) so that if I need to reinstall my system I don't have > to retype > > all the username and password info again? > > > > Thanks so much, > > > > Tim > > > > -- > Stefan Nuxoll <[email protected]> > -- Stefan Nuxoll <[email protected]> -- edubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel
