Chris Bannister wrote:
On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 12:46:38AM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote:
Hi,
On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 06:31:50AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
...
I've been a "computer user" since before Mr. Torvalds was born. I
just never had reason to have contact with *nix. Even when working
for DE
On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 12:46:38AM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 06:31:50AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
> ...
> > I've been a "computer user" since before Mr. Torvalds was born. I
> > just never had reason to have contact with *nix. Even when working
> > for DEC I was
Hi,I thought about different approach ...
Since
On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 12:46:38AM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 06:31:50AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
> ...
> > I've been a "computer user" since before Mr. Torvalds was born. I
> > just never had reason to have con
Hi,
On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 06:31:50AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
...
> I've been a "computer user" since before Mr. Torvalds was born. I
> just never had reason to have contact with *nix. Even when working
> for DEC I was much more into analog than digital.
I see. I guess you were a VMS or so
Osamu Aoki wrote:
Hi,
On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 01:53:47PM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
Terho Uotila wrote:
Unless you want to try very minimal system you probably want shadow
passwords.
I do not understand.
Going by text displayed during the installation I had the
impression that shadow pass
Hi,
On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 01:53:47PM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
> Terho Uotila wrote:
> >Unless you want to try very minimal system you probably want shadow
> >passwords.
>
> I do not understand.
> Going by text displayed during the installation I had the
> impression that shadow passwords w
Terho Uotila wrote:
Unless you want to try very minimal system you probably want shadow
passwords.
I do not understand.
Going by text displayed during the installation I had the
impression that shadow passwords were for those overly
paranoid about supposed incremental security advantages. My
Unless you want to try very minimal system you probably want shadow
passwords.
On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 11:04:21 -0600
Richard Owlett wrote:
> 2. Did not enable shadow passwords
> (...)
> 3. Attempted "su", neither root nor user password accepted
You may have hit a bug. I noticed a problem with disab
Richard Owlett wrote:
I've been doing a series of Debian installs over the last
several months.
YES. There are easier ways to do things. *BUT* my purpose is
_educational_ rather than "efficiency" ;)
I have a history of problems with the root password not
being recognized.
If the problem *DOES*
Brian wrote in previous post:
The sudo package is installed and the user added to group sudo. If
>"apt-get install gdm3" installed gd3 this is either a misobservetion
>or the discovery of a massive security problem.
I'm beginning to suspect "massive security problem."
I'm going have to create
On Thu 18 Oct 2012 at 11:32:49 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> Brian wrote:
> >On Wed 17 Oct 2012 at 21:05:00 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> >
> >>On Mi, 17 oct 12, 12:22:48, Richard Owlett wrote:
> >>>
> >>>When rebooting into "Rescue Mode", the last two lines displayed are:
> >>>sulogin: root acc
Brian wrote:
On Wed 17 Oct 2012 at 21:05:00 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
On Mi, 17 oct 12, 12:22:48, Richard Owlett wrote:
When rebooting into "Rescue Mode", the last two lines displayed are:
sulogin: root account is locked, starting shell
root@localhost:~#
At this point I'm allowed to do "a
On Wed 17 Oct 2012 at 21:05:00 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Mi, 17 oct 12, 12:22:48, Richard Owlett wrote:
> >
> > When rebooting into "Rescue Mode", the last two lines displayed are:
> > sulogin: root account is locked, starting shell
> > root@localhost:~#
> >
> > At this point I'm allowed
Richard Owlett wrote:
...
> When rebooting into "Rescue Mode", the last two lines
> displayed are:
> sulogin: root account is locked, starting shell
> root@localhost:~#
>
> At this point I'm allowed to do "apt-get install xyz" - no
> password required.
>
>
> Comments, questions, suggestions?
On Mi, 17 oct 12, 12:22:48, Richard Owlett wrote:
>
> When rebooting into "Rescue Mode", the last two lines displayed are:
> sulogin: root account is locked, starting shell
> root@localhost:~#
>
> At this point I'm allowed to do "apt-get install xyz" - no password
> required.
>
> Comments, quest
I've been doing a series of Debian installs over the last
several months.
YES. There are easier ways to do things. *BUT* my purpose is
_educational_ rather than "efficiency" ;)
I have a history of problems with the root password not
being recognized.
If the problem *DOES* occur on a individ
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