Re: [expert] Password Question

2003-09-12 Thread Toshiro
OK, so far, both James and you have said something about password protecting single user mode or setting it up somehow... so let's go back to my first question in this thread =) How can i do that? I just want the system to ask for a password ONLY when i tell it i want `linux single`. The

Re: [expert] Password Question

2003-09-01 Thread James Sparenberg
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Damian Gatabria Sent: Saturday, 30 August 2003 7:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Password Question El sáb, 30-08-2003 a las 18:24, Jack Coates escribió: On Sat, 2003-08-30 at 03:44, Damian Gatabria wrote: El mié, 20-08-2003

RE: [expert] Password Question

2003-08-31 Thread Damian Gatabria
El sáb, 30-08-2003 a las 19:49, Frankie escribió: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Damian Gatabria Sent: Saturday, 30 August 2003 7:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Password Question El sáb, 30-08-2003 a las 18:24

RE: [expert] Password Question

2003-08-31 Thread James Sparenberg
On Sat, 2003-08-30 at 10:49, Frankie wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Damian Gatabria Sent: Saturday, 30 August 2003 7:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Password Question El sáb, 30-08-2003 a las 18:24, Jack

RE: [expert] Password Question

2003-08-31 Thread James Sparenberg
: [expert] Password Question El sáb, 30-08-2003 a las 18:24, Jack Coates escribió: On Sat, 2003-08-30 at 03:44, Damian Gatabria wrote: El mié, 20-08-2003 a las 16:55, Bryan Phinney escribió: On Wednesday 20 August 2003 10:24 am, Lawson, Jim wrote: Okay So I just read an article

Re: [expert] Password Question

2003-08-31 Thread Jack Coates
On Sat, 2003-08-30 at 13:45, J.C. Woods wrote: Jack Coates wrote: On Sat, 2003-08-30 at 04:54, Damian Gatabria wrote Now if you're talking about resetting the password, that's another matter -- piece of cake in either OS, but resetting the password is not something which will go unnoticed

RE: [expert] Password Question

2003-08-31 Thread Jack Coates
On Sat, 2003-08-30 at 14:54, Damian Gatabria wrote: ... 2) Booting with a DOS diskette, load third-party NFTS-dos drivers, and move around a couple of files so i get a user manager instead of a login prompt. This is a tricky process and you risk fubaring the system. ...

Re: [expert] Password Question

2003-08-31 Thread KevinO
: [expert] Password Question El sáb, 30-08-2003 a las 18:24, Jack Coates escribió: On Sat, 2003-08-30 at 03:44, Damian Gatabria wrote: El mié, 20-08-2003 a las 16:55, Bryan Phinney escribió: On Wednesday 20 August 2003 10:24 am, Lawson, Jim wrote: Okay So I just read an article that said

Re: [expert] Password Question

2003-08-31 Thread Damian Gatabria
, 30 August 2003 7:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Password Question El sáb, 30-08-2003 a las 18:24, Jack Coates escribió: On Sat, 2003-08-30 at 03:44, Damian Gatabria wrote: El mié, 20-08-2003 a las 16:55, Bryan Phinney escribió: On Wednesday 20 August 2003 10:24

Re: [expert] Password Question

2003-08-30 Thread Damian Gatabria
El mié, 20-08-2003 a las 16:55, Bryan Phinney escribió: On Wednesday 20 August 2003 10:24 am, Lawson, Jim wrote: Okay So I just read an article that said mandrake 9.1 can reset any windoz password. Can any linux distro password for root or any other user be reset. Say if you forgot it?

Re: [expert] Password Question

2003-08-30 Thread Jack Coates
On Sat, 2003-08-30 at 03:44, Damian Gatabria wrote: El mié, 20-08-2003 a las 16:55, Bryan Phinney escribió: On Wednesday 20 August 2003 10:24 am, Lawson, Jim wrote: Okay So I just read an article that said mandrake 9.1 can reset any windoz password. Can any linux distro password for root

Re: [expert] Password Question

2003-08-30 Thread Damian Gatabria
El sáb, 30-08-2003 a las 18:24, Jack Coates escribió: On Sat, 2003-08-30 at 03:44, Damian Gatabria wrote: El mié, 20-08-2003 a las 16:55, Bryan Phinney escribió: On Wednesday 20 August 2003 10:24 am, Lawson, Jim wrote: Okay So I just read an article that said mandrake 9.1 can reset any

RE: [expert] Password Question

2003-08-30 Thread Frankie
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Damian Gatabria Sent: Saturday, 30 August 2003 7:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Password Question El sáb, 30-08-2003 a las 18:24, Jack Coates escribió: On Sat, 2003-08-30 at 03:44, Damian

Re: [expert] Password Question

2003-08-30 Thread Jack Coates
On Sat, 2003-08-30 at 04:54, Damian Gatabria wrote: ... Yet, i hate the fact that cracking the admin password in Win2k is harder than in Linux... :o/ Maybe in theory, but I've never had the patience to wait for a john the ripper run to finish on any of my shadow files. If it takes more than a

Re: [expert] Password Question

2003-08-30 Thread J.C. Woods
Jack Coates wrote: On Sat, 2003-08-30 at 04:54, Damian Gatabria wrote Now if you're talking about resetting the password, that's another matter -- piece of cake in either OS, but resetting the password is not something which will go unnoticed by the real admin. Very cool, now will the real

RE: [expert] Password Question

2003-08-22 Thread James Sparenberg
have more evidence that Windoze has to go. -Original Message- From: Frankie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 9:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [expert] Password Question -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [expert] Password Question

2003-08-22 Thread Lawson, Jim
Thanks for t his great answer. So All are that easy to change. Unless there are other precautions take to stop this. -Original Message- From: Jim C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 8:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Password Question

Re: [expert] Password Question

2003-08-22 Thread Ralph Crongeyer
this. -Original Message- From: Jim C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 8:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Password Question As for linux being able to bypass windows passwords, if it can, then its likely the same thing would be doable from any OS

Re: [expert] Password Question

2003-08-21 Thread Anne Wilson
On Thursday 21 Aug 2003 1:15 am, Jack Coates wrote: On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 11:31, Anne Wilson wrote: On Wednesday 20 Aug 2003 6:10 pm, ed tharp wrote: On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 10:55, Bryan Phinney wrote: On Wednesday 20 August 2003 10:24 am, Lawson, Jim wrote: Okay So I just read an

RE: [expert] Password Question

2003-08-21 Thread Lawson, Jim
Anne it is from a secruity postion. I want to find out ow much more secure Linux is than windows. -Original Message- From: Anne Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 2:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Password Question On Wednesday 20 Aug

RE: [expert] Password Question

2003-08-21 Thread Frankie
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lawson, Jim Sent: Thursday, 21 August 2003 8:39 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [expert] Password Question Anne it is from a secruity postion. I want to find out ow much more secure Linux is than

RE: [expert] Password Question

2003-08-21 Thread Lawson, Jim
. -Original Message- From: Frankie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 9:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [expert] Password Question -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lawson, Jim Sent: Thursday, 21 August 2003 8:39 PM

RE: [expert] Password Question

2003-08-21 Thread Frankie
Hi Jim, I am not Anne, I suspect she is much nicer to look at them am I. I can tell you with regards to windows security that on XP pro and home, new users are created with admin rights.. you have to explicitly change that if you want to. Whereas in linux, a person doens't have admin rights

Re: [expert] Password Question

2003-08-21 Thread lorne
On Wednesday 20 August 2003 07:24 am, Lawson, Jim wrote: Okay So I just read an article that said mandrake 9.1 can reset any windoz password. Can any linux distro password for root or any other user be reset. Say if you forgot it? Microsoft has given lip service that it is getting serious

Re: [expert] Password Question

2003-08-21 Thread Anne Wilson
On Thursday 21 Aug 2003 3:44 pm, Lawson, Jim wrote: Not true Anne if you implement security in windows everyone is not a admin. Oops - I don't think it was I who said that g. However, win98 doesn't recognise the need for admins, so in that case I guess that makes everyone an admin, in

RE: [expert] Password Question

2003-08-21 Thread Lawson, Jim
Thanks for a great answer. What are the exploits. -Original Message- From: lorne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 11:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Password Question On Wednesday 20 August 2003 07:24 am, Lawson, Jim wrote: Okay So I just read

RE: [expert] Password Question

2003-08-21 Thread ed tharp
not delete from windoze -Original Message- From: Frankie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 9:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [expert] Password Question -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lawson

Re: [expert] Password Question

2003-08-21 Thread Jim C
As for linux being able to bypass windows passwords, if it can, then its likely the same thing would be doable from any OS that can read NTFS.. not just linux, so you might see the same thing from freedos or any *BSD variant in the future. The /etc/passwd file in Linux is just as accessible.

[expert] Password Question

2003-08-20 Thread Lawson, Jim
Okay So I just read an article that said mandrake 9.1 can reset any windoz password. Can any linux distro password for root or any other user be reset. Say if you forgot it? James S. Lawson Network Administrator (@ @)

Re: [expert] Password Question

2003-08-20 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Wednesday 20 August 2003 10:24 am, Lawson, Jim wrote: Okay So I just read an article that said mandrake 9.1 can reset any windoz password. Can any linux distro password for root or any other user be reset. Say if you forgot it? James S. Lawson Network Administrator The only way that I

Re: [expert] Password Question

2003-08-20 Thread Mike Veltman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 20 August 2003 16:55, Bryan Phinney wrote: On Wednesday 20 August 2003 10:24 am, Lawson, Jim wrote: Okay So I just read an article that said mandrake 9.1 can reset any windoz password. Can any linux distro password for root or any

Re: [expert] Password Question

2003-08-20 Thread Jack Coates
trinity rescue kit I love it. On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 07:24, Lawson, Jim wrote: Okay So I just read an article that said mandrake 9.1 can reset any windoz password. Can any linux distro password for root or any other user be reset. Say if you forgot it? James S. Lawson Network

Re: [expert] Password Question

2003-08-20 Thread Ralph Crongeyer
On Wednesday 20 August 2003 10:55 am, Bryan Phinney wrote: You have to re boot with disk1 of your Mandrake install disks and type rescue. Then when the system comes up you will need to remount the partition that has your /etc dir on it in read/write mode. Go in to the /etc dir and edit the

RE: [expert] Password Question

2003-08-20 Thread Lawson, Jim
thanks for everyones answer. Looks like linux is way more secure than windoz. -Original Message- From: Bryan Phinney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 10:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Password Question On Wednesday 20 August 2003 10:24 am

Re: [expert] Password Question

2003-08-20 Thread ed tharp
On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 10:55, Bryan Phinney wrote: On Wednesday 20 August 2003 10:24 am, Lawson, Jim wrote: Okay So I just read an article that said mandrake 9.1 can reset any windoz password. Can any linux distro password for root or any other user be reset. Say if you forgot it? James

Re: [expert] Password Question

2003-08-20 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 20 Aug 2003 6:10 pm, ed tharp wrote: On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 10:55, Bryan Phinney wrote: On Wednesday 20 August 2003 10:24 am, Lawson, Jim wrote: Okay So I just read an article that said mandrake 9.1 can reset any windoz password. Can any linux distro password for root or

Re: [expert] Password Question

2003-08-20 Thread Jack Coates
On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 11:31, Anne Wilson wrote: On Wednesday 20 Aug 2003 6:10 pm, ed tharp wrote: On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 10:55, Bryan Phinney wrote: On Wednesday 20 August 2003 10:24 am, Lawson, Jim wrote: Okay So I just read an article that said mandrake 9.1 can reset any windoz