Re: admin password?

2012-12-31 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
Hi! I know two ways, how to "crack" a system with a lost root password. 1. Use a livefile-cd like knoppix and mount the partitition witrh /etc/shadow on. Then remove everything at root between the first two :: At next boot, you will not be asked for a root password. 2. Boot with "kon-boot".

Re: admin password?

2012-12-31 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Montag, 31. Dezember 2012 schrieb Mika Suomalainen: > On 31.12.2012 06:03, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > If you did not lock system with grub password, you can always > > login as root without password. > > > > Google with "grub init=/bin/bash mount" you get many howtos > > describing: > > > > Boot wi

Re: admin password?

2012-12-31 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Please do not top-post. Am Sonntag, 30. Dezember 2012 schrieb Dionyssis Goulimis: > > On 12/30/12, Dionyssis Goulimis wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I downloaded the last edition of Debian yesterday but I can't remember > >> my Admin passwo

Re: admin password?

2012-12-31 Thread Mika Suomalainen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 31.12.2012 06:03, Osamu Aoki wrote: > If you did not lock system with grub password, you can always > login as root without password. > > Google with "grub init=/bin/bash mount" you get many howtos > describing: > > Boot with > > init=/bin/bas

Re: admin password?

2012-12-31 Thread Mika Suomalainen
downloaded the last edition of Debian yesterday but I >>>>> can't remember my Admin password, what is the best way to >>>>> stop using an Admin password? >>> >>> You mean the root password. It might be quicker to reinstall, >>> and don'

Re: admin password?

2012-12-30 Thread Bob Proulx
> I downloaded the last edition of Debian yesterday but I can't remember > my Admin password, what is the best way to stop using an Admin password? Use the install disk to boot into "rescue" mode. This will allow you to become root on the image. Then change the password as

Re: admin password?

2012-12-30 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 06:50:20AM +0200, Dionyssis Goulimis wrote: > Hi, > > I downloaded the last edition of Debian yesterday but I can't remember > my Admin password, what is the best way to recover it? If you did not lock system with grub password, you can always logi

Re: admin password?

2012-12-30 Thread Tom H
On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 12:58 AM, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On 12/30/12, Dionyssis Goulimis wrote: >> 2012/12/30, Dionyssis Goulimis : >>> >>> I downloaded the last edition of Debian yesterday but I can't remember >>> my Admin password, what is the best

Re: admin password?

2012-12-30 Thread Tom H
On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 12:42 AM, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 06:51:38AM +0200, Dionyssis Goulimis wrote: >> >> I downloaded the last edition of Debian yesterday but I can't remember >> my Admin password, what is the best way to stop using an Admin

Re: admin password?

2012-12-30 Thread Klearchos-Angelos Gkountras
etc/sudoers, then run >> sudo su - root >> to become the root user. With sudo, you have to enter your normal >> password to use it. >> good luck >> >> On 12/30/12, Dionyssis Goulimis wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I downloaded the last edition

Re: admin password?

2012-12-30 Thread Dionyssis Goulimis
2, Dionyssis Goulimis wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I downloaded the last edition of Debian yesterday but I can't remember >> my Admin password, what is the best way to stop using an Admin password? >> >> Best, >> >> Dionyssis Goulimis >> >> 20

Re: admin password?

2012-12-29 Thread Go Linux
--- On Sat, 12/29/12, Dionyssis Goulimis wrote: > From: Dionyssis Goulimis > Subject: admin password? > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Date: Saturday, December 29, 2012, 10:50 PM > Hi, > > I downloaded the last edition of Debian yesterday but I > can't remember

Re: admin password?

2012-12-29 Thread Yaro Kasear
can't remember my Admin password, what is the best way to stop using an Admin password? Best, Dionyssis Goulimis 2012/12/30, Dionyssis Goulimis : Hi, I downloaded the last edition of Debian yesterday but I can't remember my Admin password, what is the best way to recover it? Best, Dio

Re: admin password?

2012-12-29 Thread Zenaan Harkness
ber > my Admin password, what is the best way to stop using an Admin password? > > Best, > > Dionyssis Goulimis > > 2012/12/30, Dionyssis Goulimis : >> Hi, >> >> I downloaded the last edition of Debian yesterday but I can't remember >> my Admin password,

Re: admin password?

2012-12-29 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 06:51:38AM +0200, Dionyssis Goulimis wrote: > Hi, > > I downloaded the last edition of Debian yesterday but I can't remember > my Admin password, what is the best way to stop using an Admin password? You mean the root password. It might be quicker to rei

Re: admin password?

2012-12-29 Thread Dionyssis Goulimis
Hi, I downloaded the last edition of Debian yesterday but I can't remember my Admin password, what is the best way to stop using an Admin password? Best, Dionyssis Goulimis 2012/12/30, Dionyssis Goulimis : > Hi, > > I downloaded the last edition of Debian yesterday but I can&#

admin password?

2012-12-29 Thread Dionyssis Goulimis
Hi, I downloaded the last edition of Debian yesterday but I can't remember my Admin password, what is the best way to recover it? Best, Dionyssis Goulimis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: Admin password (cn=admin,dc=config) for OpenLDAP in Debian Squeeze

2011-02-02 Thread Razvan Deaconescu
On 02/02/2011 05:24 PM, Rob Owens wrote: > On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 05:05:56PM +0200, Razvan Deaconescu wrote: >> Hi! >> >> I've browsed the configuration page for slapd[1] and it mentions that, >> for starting from version 2.3, "The LDAP configuration engine allows all >> of slapd's configuration o

Re: Admin password (cn=admin,dc=config) for OpenLDAP in Debian Squeeze

2011-02-02 Thread Rob Owens
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 05:05:56PM +0200, Razvan Deaconescu wrote: > Hi! > > I've browsed the configuration page for slapd[1] and it mentions that, > for starting from version 2.3, "The LDAP configuration engine allows all > of slapd's configuration options to be changed on the fly, generally > wi

Admin password (cn=admin,dc=config) for OpenLDAP in Debian Squeeze

2011-01-31 Thread Razvan Deaconescu
Hi! I've browsed the configuration page for slapd[1] and it mentions that, for starting from version 2.3, "The LDAP configuration engine allows all of slapd's configuration options to be changed on the fly, generally without requiring a server restart for the changes to take effect." I'm using sl

Re: update manager wants admin password

2010-12-06 Thread Camaleón
n "su" and then you have to >> provide your user password, not root's one. >> >> BTW, I'd be worried if the update manager does not ask me for the root >> password ;-) >> >> > Hi Camaleon > > Yes, when I did an upgrade via upda

Re: update manager wants admin password

2010-12-05 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 05 Dec 2010 08:20:33 -0500, John Lindsay wrote: > All of a sudden I am getting the following message when I click on the > update manager icon --- (...) I always get asked for root password when there are updates available in the update manager icon. If you get a "keyring unlock" messag

update manager wants admin password

2010-12-05 Thread John Lindsay
All of a sudden I am getting the following message when I click on the update manager icon --- | enter password for keyring 'default' to unlock | the application 'gksu' (/usr/bin/gksu) wants access to the keyring 'default' but it is locked I can do two actions -

Re: LDAP admin password configuring libnss-ldap and libpam-ldap

2008-04-21 Thread Predrag Gavrilovic
packages need the ldap admin password. Although > the ldap.secret file is not world readable, i don't want the users > could see it with sudo. And what would happen if i change the ldap > admin password? Do I have to change it in every host? > > NB: I have configured libnss-ld

Re: LDAP admin password configuring libnss-ldap and libpam-ldap

2008-04-21 Thread Alex Samad
, but I > don't know why these packages need the ldap admin password. Although > the ldap.secret file is not world readable, i don't want the users > could see it with sudo. And what would happen if i change the ldap > admin password? Do I have to change it in every host? it is

LDAP admin password configuring libnss-ldap and libpam-ldap

2008-04-21 Thread Juan Asensio Sánchez
Hi I have setup a server with LDAP and Samba. Now i want to LDAP hosts authenticate with the LDAP server too, so i have installed in each host libnss-ldap, libpam-ldap and nscd. Everything works fine, but I don't know why these packages need the ldap admin password. Although the ldap.secret

Re: ldap admin password

2005-05-19 Thread Mohammad Halawah
On Thursday 19 May 2005 07:36, Lars Jensen wrote: > Hi, > > Where is the ldap admin password. I'm trying to set up ldap and are > getting some authentication errors when running the migrationtools. I > noticed that there's no rootpw statement in slapd.conf. > > Don

Re: ldap admin password

2005-05-19 Thread B S Srinidhi
On Wed, 2005-05-18 at 22:36 -0700, Lars Jensen wrote: > Don't I need a rootpw statement to run the ldaptools? > Yes. You need the 'rootpw' statement in your slapd.conf. Srinidhi. -- B S Srinidhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DeepRoot Linux Pvt. Ltd. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: ldap admin password

2005-05-19 Thread B S Srinidhi
On Wed, 2005-05-18 at 22:36 -0700, Lars Jensen wrote: > Don't I need a rootpw statement to run the ldaptools? > Yes. You need the 'rootpw' statement in your slapd.conf. Srinidhi. -- B S Srinidhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DeepRoot Linux Pvt. Ltd. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

ldap admin password

2005-05-18 Thread Lars Jensen
Hi, Where is the ldap admin password. I'm trying to set up ldap and are getting some authentication errors when running the migrationtools. I noticed that there's no rootpw statement in slapd.conf. Don't I need a rootpw statement to run the ldaptools? Thanks. Lars. -- Lars

RE: Cyrus refuses admin password

2001-01-12 Thread Chris Mason
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Re: Cyrus refuses admin password

2001-01-12 Thread Nate Amsden
Chris Mason wrote: > > I just installed cyurs imapd and admin packages. After I edited > /etc/imapd.conf to add the line: > admins: cyrus root > > I tried to create accounts using > cyradm -user root localhost try doing it as non root ...on my mail servers i have a common account called 'admin'

Cyrus refuses admin password

2001-01-12 Thread Chris Mason
I just installed cyurs imapd and admin packages. After I edited /etc/imapd.conf to add the line: admins: cyrus root I tried to create accounts using cyradm -user root localhost but was refused with: "application-specific initialization failed: authentication failed" I have shadow passwords install