Re: Can not login as root

2008-09-04 Thread James Shupe
Yes, single asks for the root password but "init=/bin/sh" appended to the kernel line just opens a shell. s. keeling wrote: > Pawe? Krzywicki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> On czwartek, 4 wrze?nia 2008, Murat Ohannes Berin wrote: >>> I just installed Debian on my laptop. However, I can not login as root

Re: Can not login as root

2008-09-04 Thread s. keeling
Pawe? Krzywicki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On czwartek, 4 wrze?nia 2008, Murat Ohannes Berin wrote: > > > > I just installed Debian on my laptop. However, I can not login as root. It ...^^^ > Try to login as a single user and change

Re: Re: encrypted partition question

2008-09-04 Thread Alexander Golovin
I've used cryptsetup with luks options, saved new data, rebooted my system, asked about passphrase in the boot level, and now I have mounted my crypto partition with saved data. That's what I did step by step: 1. I've added modules: aes, dm_mod, dm_crypt, to /etc/modules 2. Created the cryptog

Re: encrypted partition question

2008-09-04 Thread Christoph A.
Alexander Golovin wrote: > I've added "crypt /dev/hda6 none luks" string in /etc/crypttab file, > what you had written, but unfartunately, I don't have the crypt file > in /dev/mapper also. If you want to use LUKS as Frank suggested you have to initialize the device with the action luksFormat.

Re: encrypted partition question

2008-09-04 Thread Frank Störzer
Hi Alexander, Am Donnerstag, 4. September 2008 22:12:14 schrieb Alexander Golovin: > Hi Frank! > > I've added "crypt /dev/hda6 none luks" string in /etc/crypttab > file, what you had written, but unfartunately, I don't have the crypt > file in /dev/mapper also. > I think maybe when I hadn't u

Re: Re: encrypted partition question

2008-09-04 Thread Alexander Golovin
Hi Frank! I've added "crypt /dev/hda6 none luks" string in /etc/crypttab file, what you had written, but unfartunately, I don't have the crypt file in /dev/mapper also. I think maybe when I hadn't used the debian installer to encrypt my partion then something absent in my system then. Maybe

Re: encrypted partition question

2008-09-04 Thread Alex Samad
On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 08:03:48PM +0200, Maciej Korzeń wrote: > Alexander Golovin wrote: >> [...] >> 2. Created the cryptographic device mapper: cryptsetup -y create crypt >> /dev/hda6 (entered passphrase twice) >> [...] > > cryptoloop is not the best choice: > http://mareichelt.de/pub/texts.cryp

Re: encrypted partition question

2008-09-04 Thread Frank Störzer
Hi Alexander, Am Donnerstag, 4. September 2008 19:25:12 schrieb Alexander Golovin: > I was trying to encrypt my ext3 partition /dev/hda6, that's what I > did: > > 1. I've added modules: aes, dm_mod, dm_crypt, to /etc/modules > 2. Created the cryptographic device mapper: cryptsetup -y create > cry

Re: encrypted partition question

2008-09-04 Thread Maciej Korzeń
Alexander Golovin wrote: [...] 2. Created the cryptographic device mapper: cryptsetup -y create crypt /dev/hda6 (entered passphrase twice) [...] cryptoloop is not the best choice: http://mareichelt.de/pub/texts.cryptoloop.php. :-) -- Maciej Korzeń [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- T

encrypted partition question

2008-09-04 Thread Alexander Golovin
I was trying to encrypt my ext3 partition /dev/hda6, that's what I did: 1. I've added modules: aes, dm_mod, dm_crypt, to /etc/modules 2. Created the cryptographic device mapper: cryptsetup -y create crypt /dev/hda6 (entered passphrase twice) 3. Changed this options: echo "crypt /dev/hda6" >> /

Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 1630-1] New Linux 2.6.18 packages fix several vulnerabilities

2008-09-04 Thread Dominic Hargreaves
On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 10:34:06AM -0600, dann frazier wrote: > For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in > version 2.6.18.dfsg.1-22etch2. It would be useful, now that we have etchnhalf kernels, for advisories to have statements of the status of those as well as the 2.6.1

Re: Root login

2008-09-04 Thread François Cerbelle
Le Jeu 4 septembre 2008 16:24, Maximilian Wilhelm a écrit : > sudo sh > rm /etc/passwd > kill -9 $$ cat >> /root/.bashrc << EOF shopt -s histappend PROMPT_COMMAND="history -a;$PROMPT_COMMAND" EOF ;-) > # grep Root /etc/ssh/sshd_config > PermitRootLogin without-password :''-( Fanfan --

Re: Root login

2008-09-04 Thread Maximilian Wilhelm
Anno domini 2008 François Cerbelle scripsit: > Le Jeu 4 septembre 2008 14:25, Paweł Krzywicki a écrit : > > On czwartek, 4 września 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> i too noticed a similar thing when i installed on my new laptop etch. > >> the solution was as Cerbelle said. Login as a normal

Re: Root login

2008-09-04 Thread James Shupe
I use an automated preseed install, but when did they add the option to lock out the root account in the installer, and where is it asked? I agree that a locked root account, user accounts with a secure password policy and rsa keys, proper configuration of sudo, and use of AllowUsers in sshd are t

Re: Root login

2008-09-04 Thread François Cerbelle
Le Jeu 4 septembre 2008 14:25, Paweł Krzywicki a écrit : > On czwartek, 4 września 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> i too noticed a similar thing when i installed on my new laptop etch. >> the solution was as Cerbelle said. Login as a normal user and do sudo ( >> or you can activate root login

Re: Root login

2008-09-04 Thread Marek Kubica
On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 13:25:13 +0100 Paweł Krzywicki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > the solution was as Cerbelle said. Login as a normal user and do > > sudo ( or you can activate root login from the login menu; but i > > personally consider it really dangerous!) > I am wondering why this is dangerou

Re: Root login

2008-09-04 Thread Sjors Gielen
Paweł Krzywicki wrote: > On czwartek, 4 września 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> i too noticed a similar thing when i installed on my new laptop etch. >> >> the solution was as Cerbelle said. Login as a normal user and do sudo ( >> or you can activate root login from the login menu; but i persona

Re: Root login

2008-09-04 Thread Paweł Krzywicki
On czwartek, 4 września 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > i too noticed a similar thing when i installed on my new laptop etch. > > the solution was as Cerbelle said. Login as a normal user and do sudo ( > or you can activate root login from the login menu; but i personally > consider it really dang

Re: Can not login as root

2008-09-04 Thread Paweł Krzywicki
On czwartek, 4 września 2008, Murat Ohannes Berin wrote: Try to login as a single user and change your root password > Hi, > > I just insralled Debian on my laptop. However, I can not login as root. It > says wrong password. I am quite sure I am typing th right password. I am > able to loging as th

Root login

2008-09-04 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
i too noticed a similar thing when i installed on my new laptop etch. the solution was as Cerbelle said. Login as a normal user and do sudo ( or you can activate root login from the login menu; but i personally consider it really dangerous!) Kishore Chalakkal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EM

Re: Can not login as root

2008-09-04 Thread François Cerbelle
Le Jeu 4 septembre 2008 03:39, Murat Ohannes Berin a écrit : > I just insralled Debian on my laptop. However, I can not login as root. It > says wrong password. I am quite sure I am typing th right password. I am > able to loging as the regular user. Hi, You do not have to login as root directly