Re: [newbie] Passwords

[Dacia and AzureRose]

Is this machine connected to the internet?  Does it
have a firewall installed and configured?  This sounds
more like a hack then a system error.  Please give us
more detailed information so we can try to figure this
out.


Dacia
--- Larry Hignight [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
  I recently came home to discover that all my
 passwords are changed... I
  cannot log into my linux box! The samba and ftp
 passwords still work but to
  login it fails for every user. I don't think I've
 been hacked.
 
 why don't you think that your system could have been
 hacked?
 
  I tried to boot in single user mode and change
 root password... it said it
  was
  successfull but it did nothing. HElp!
 
 elaborate  when did it do nothing?  how did you
 change the file?
 
 Larry
 


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Re: [newbie] Passwords

[Josh]

 I recently came home to discover that all my passwords are changed...

I installed Star Office and that happened to me.  I removed it, and my
passwords worked again.

I don't know why though.

[newbie] passwords

[CannedCorn]

I have a big problem... all my passwords are changed! including root! I tried 
booting into single user mode and doing a passwd and it said it updated all 
authentication tokens successfully but the pass did not change and I cannot 
login to my linux box... I don't think i was hacked please help me.

Re: [newbie] Passwords

[Larry Hignight]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 I recently came home to discover that all my passwords are changed... I
 cannot log into my linux box! The samba and ftp passwords still work but to
 login it fails for every user. I don't think I've been hacked.

why don't you think that your system could have been hacked?

 I tried to boot in single user mode and change root password... it said it
 was
 successfull but it did nothing. HElp!

elaborate  when did it do nothing?  how did you change the file?

Larry

[newbie] Passwords....

[Paul]

Is it possible to make the KDE loggin screen, echo the password as '*' 
when it's being typed?  Or it it s security feature to hide the amount 
of charactors?

TIA