Re: F38 Fresh install from Live ISO - setting root password

On 4/25/23 15:55, Max Pyziur wrote: Per the subject line, where does the root password get set on an F38 fresh install. "sudo passwd" after you login to the installed system. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubs

F38 Fresh install from Live ISO - setting root password

Greetings, Per the subject line, where does the root password get set on an F38 fresh install. Thank you. Max p...@brama.com ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org

Re: help needed: How to reset the root password

> Am 17.12.2022 um 14:06 schrieb Richard Shaw : > > On Sat, Dec 17, 2022 at 2:57 AM Peter Boy wrote: > A Quick Doc article describes the procedure: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/reset-root-password/ > > We, the Fedora Docs team, are in the process

Re: help needed: How to reset the root password

On Sat, Dec 17, 2022 at 2:57 AM Peter Boy wrote: > A Quick Doc article describes the procedure: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/reset-root-password/ > > We, the Fedora Docs team, are in the process to review and improve the > Quick Docs articles. We are

help needed: How to reset the root password

A Quick Doc article describes the procedure: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/reset-root-password/ We, the Fedora Docs team, are in the process to review and improve the Quick Docs articles. We are (unfortunately) not omniscient IT gods but need support from Fedora community

Re: default root password on mysql (mariadb)

o install > MariaDb on Fedora 34. > Trying to set the "root" password for mysql is not working for me, doing: > sudo mysqladmin -u root password > > Gives error: > Warning: Since password will be sent to server in plain text, use ssl > connection to ensure password safety.

default root password on mysql (mariadb)

hello, I am following these instructions (https://fedoramagazine.org/howto-install-wordpress-fedora/) to install MariaDb on Fedora 34. Trying to set the "root" password for mysql is not working for me, doing: sudo mysqladmin -u root password Gives error: Warning: Since password wi

Re: Run xsane without root password prompt?

On 2021-11-01 14:00, Tom Horsley wrote: On Mon, 1 Nov 2021 13:17:11 -0700 Samuel Sieb wrote: That doesn't make sense. Which drivers are you using? Whatever I found when I first installed it years ago :-). Looking in printers.conf I see this: MakeModel Brother HL-2040 Foomatic/hpijs-pcl5e

Re: Run xsane without root password prompt?

On Mon, 1 Nov 2021 13:17:11 -0700 Samuel Sieb wrote: > That doesn't make sense. Which drivers are you using? Whatever I found when I first installed it years ago :-). Looking in printers.conf I see this: MakeModel Brother HL-2040 Foomatic/hpijs-pcl5e Or maybe that's what the brother installer

Re: Run xsane without root password prompt?

On 2021-11-01 07:41, Tom Horsley wrote: On Sun, 31 Oct 2021 10:48:12 -0400 Tom Horsley wrote: Found it! https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=263182 I no longer have an hp scanner or printer, so I removed libsane-hpaio and hplip and no longer get the $@!# root prompt in xsane or

Re: Run xsane without root password prompt?

On Sun, 31 Oct 2021 10:48:12 -0400 Tom Horsley wrote: > Found it! https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=263182 > > I no longer have an hp scanner or printer, so I removed > libsane-hpaio and hplip and no longer get the $@!# root > prompt in xsane or simple-scan AARGH! Apparently my brother

Re: Run xsane without root password prompt?

On 10/31/21 07:48, Tom Horsley wrote: On Sun, 31 Oct 2021 10:25:45 -0400 Tom Horsley wrote: It works, but is exactly like xsane, it asks for the root password before finding the scanner :-(. On the other hand, if I hit "cancel" instead of giving the password, it is still able t

Re: Run xsane without root password prompt?

On Sun, 31 Oct 2021 10:25:45 -0400 Tom Horsley wrote: > It works, but is exactly like xsane, it asks for the root > password before finding the scanner :-(. > > On the other hand, if I hit "cancel" instead of giving the > password, it is still able to scan, so som

Re: Run xsane without root password prompt?

exactly like xsane, it asks for the root password before finding the scanner :-(. On the other hand, if I hit "cancel" instead of giving the password, it is still able to scan, so something strange is going on behind the scenes. ___

Re: Run xsane without root password prompt?

ime, so I deleted them since maybe it is trying to see if one of them still exists, but it still asks for the root password every time. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.o

Re: Run xsane without root password prompt?

On 31/10/2021 20:07, Tom Horsley wrote: On Sun, 31 Oct 2021 13:57:33 +0800 Ed Greshko wrote: Is there any magic I can do to avoid that root prompt? I can't imagine I have to be root to connect to a network device. What type of scanner do you have and how is it networked? It is an old Epson

Re: Run xsane without root password prompt?

On Sun, 31 Oct 2021 13:57:33 +0800 Ed Greshko wrote: > > Is there any magic I can do to avoid that root prompt? I can't > > imagine I have to be root to connect to a network device. > > What type of scanner do you have and how is it networked? It is an old Epson Artisan 725 which can't print

Re: Run xsane without root password prompt?

On 31/10/2021 03:58, Tom Horsley wrote: I have a network scanner. Every time I start xsane, it thinks a bit, then prompts me for the root password, then finally the xsane windows come up and I can scan. Is there any magic I can do to avoid that root prompt? I can't imagine I have to be root

Re: Run xsane without root password prompt?

On 10/30/21 12:58, Tom Horsley wrote: I have a network scanner. Every time I start xsane, it thinks a bit, then prompts me for the root password, then finally the xsane windows come up and I can scan. Is there any magic I can do to avoid that root prompt? I can't imagine I have to be root

Run xsane without root password prompt?

I have a network scanner. Every time I start xsane, it thinks a bit, then prompts me for the root password, then finally the xsane windows come up and I can scan. Is there any magic I can do to avoid that root prompt? I can't imagine I have to be root to connect to a network device

Re: WTF?! Gimp wants root password???

On Wed, 19 May 2021 05:49:15 +0800 Ed Greshko wrote: > Why don't you try the same thing in a newly created user account? Actually, it seems to have stopped by itself. After I hit "cancel" on the first request, it hasn't asked again in subsequent runs of gimp.

Re: WTF?! Gimp wants root password???

On 19/05/2021 02:19, Tom Horsley wrote: Just started gimp for the very first time on fedora 34 and it pops up a authenticate dialog asking for root password. What in the great googly-moogly is this about? (Stderr has some message about xsane so maybe it wants to configure a scanner which I do

WTF?! Gimp wants root password???

Just started gimp for the very first time on fedora 34 and it pops up a authenticate dialog asking for root password. What in the great googly-moogly is this about? (Stderr has some message about xsane so maybe it wants to configure a scanner which I do not have on the system). How do I make

[389-users] Re: How do I change the root password storage scheme to CRYPT-SHA512 through dsconf?

> dsconf slapd-YOUR_INSTANCE directory_manager password_change --> this > will prompt you for the new password That did the trick, thanks a lot! It also made me curious how the actual format for 'nsslapd-rootpw' was and it turns out I wasn't off with '{crypt}$6$...': # dsconf localhost config

[389-users] Re: How do I change the root password storage scheme to CRYPT-SHA512 through dsconf?

On 4/16/21 3:04 AM, spike wrote: Hi everyone, I'd like to change the default root password storage scheme from PBKDF2_SHA256 to CRYPT-SHA512 but I'm not having much success. I'm using the RHDS 11 documentation (https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_directory_server/11/html

[389-users] How do I change the root password storage scheme to CRYPT-SHA512 through dsconf?

Hi everyone, I'd like to change the default root password storage scheme from PBKDF2_SHA256 to CRYPT-SHA512 but I'm not having much success. I'm using the RHDS 11 documentation (https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_directory_server/11/html-single/administration_guide/index

requests for root password

As a result of a recent update, I now see authentication requests for the root password whenever: a) the software update daemon wakes up to check for updates (or to install what it finds) b) when I plug in a USB mass storage device How can this be turned off again ? TIA Fulko

Solved - Re: Recovering lost root password by editing shadow

Something stupid, like changing shadow on another mounted drive I was working on... Sigh. thanks On 12/16/2016 12:02 PM, Greg Woods wrote: On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 9:32 AM, Robert Moskowitz > wrote: vi shadow (delete all the

Re: Recovering lost root password by editing shadow

On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 9:32 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > vi shadow > (delete all the characters between the first and second :) > You might need to do the same with /etc/passwd too. --Greg ___ users mailing list --

Recovering lost root password by editing shadow

I have lost the root password on a arm server. Cannot use the boot to single user mode, but can pull the hard drive and mount it on another system... So what I did was: Mount drive on my notebook Then in a terminal window as root, cd to the drive's /etc dir chmod 711 shadow vi shadow (delete

Re: Dnf-yumex doesn't recognize root password

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1242800 2015-07-14 10:21 GMT+02:00 Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA bobgood...@wildblue.net: On 14/07/15 04:15, antonio montagnani wrote: after this morning updated, dnf-yumex doesn't work anymore as it doesn't understand my root passwor (error

Re: Dnf-yumex doesn't recognize root password

On 14/07/15 05:10, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: After a reboot yumex recognizes my password. Now protests about repo Dropbox: failure: repodata/repomd.xml from Dropbox: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try. http://linux.dropbox.com/fedora/22/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP

Re: Dnf-yumex doesn't recognize root password

On 14/07/15 04:43, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: I just did [dnf update] a second computer with --exclude polkit and got the same result, doesn't recognize my root password? Bob After a reboot yumex recognizes my password. Now protests about repo Dropbox: failure: repodata

Dnf-yumex doesn't recognize root password

after this morning updated, dnf-yumex doesn't work anymore as it doesn't understand my root passwor (error 36). Is anybody taking care to make any test before issuing updates (from testing-updated to updates)?? -- Antonio M Skype: amontag52 Linux Fedora F22 (Twenty two) on Fujitsu Lifebook

Re: Dnf-yumex doesn't recognize root password

, after the third attempt I see: Fatal Error : Polkit-not-authorized Bob I just did [dnf update] a second computer with --exclude polkit and got the same result, doesn't recognize my root password? Bob -- Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD box10

Re: Dnf-yumex doesn't recognize root password

Bob, polkit and polkit 0.113-2 clears the issue :-) 2015-07-14 10:32 GMT+02:00 Antonio M antonio.montagn...@gmail.com: I changed component from yumex-dnf to polkit that was updated this morning 2015-07-14 10:24 GMT+02:00 Antonio M antonio.montagn...@gmail.com:

Re: Dnf-yumex doesn't recognize root password

Bob I just did [dnf update] a second computer with --exclude polkit and got the same result, doesn't recognize my root password? Bob -- Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD box10 FEDORA-22/64bit LINUX XFCE -- users mailing list users

Re: Dnf-yumex doesn't recognize root password

On 14/07/15 04:15, antonio montagnani wrote: after this morning updated, dnf-yumex doesn't work anymore as it doesn't understand my root passwor (error 36). Is anybody taking care to make any test before issuing updates (from testing-updated to updates)?? -- Antonio M Skype: amontag52 Linux

Re: Dnf-yumex doesn't recognize root password

On Tue, 14 Jul 2015 10:15:08 +0200, antonio montagnani wrote: after this morning updated, dnf-yumex doesn't work anymore as it doesn't understand my root passwor (error 36). Is anybody taking care to make any test before issuing updates (from testing-updated to updates)?? The testing

Re: Dnf-yumex doesn't recognize root password

I changed component from yumex-dnf to polkit that was updated this morning 2015-07-14 10:24 GMT+02:00 Antonio M antonio.montagn...@gmail.com: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1242800 2015-07-14 10:21 GMT+02:00 Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA bobgood...@wildblue.net: On

how can i make restart not require root password

. I know it is a safe behavior, but we defenitively want to enable users to restart the station themself whenever they want to, but without requiring the root password ! indeed, often student leave the room without disconecting (bad !) , then the screen locks but still allows someone else

Re: how can i make restart not require root password

polkit prevents them to restart when another user is (or had been ?) connected . I know it is a safe behavior, but we defenitively want to enable users to restart the station themself whenever they want to, but without requiring the root password ! indeed, often student leave the room without

Re: how can i make restart not require root password

been ?) connected . I know it is a safe behavior, but we defenitively want to enable users to restart the station themself whenever they want to, but without requiring the root password ! indeed, often student leave the room without disconecting (bad !) , then the screen locks but still allows

Re: how can i make restart not require root password

whenever they want to, but without requiring the root password ! indeed, often student leave the room without disconecting (bad !) , then the screen locks but still allows someone else to connect, but that second student then cannot restart :-( . I've tried lot of things: http

Re: how can i make restart not require root password

prevents them to restart when another user is (or had been ?) connected . I know it is a safe behavior, but we defenitively want to enable users to restart the station themself whenever they want to, but without requiring the root password ! indeed, often student leave the room without disconecting

Re: how can i make restart not require root password

apparently polkit prevents them to restart when another user is (or had been ?) connected . I know it is a safe behavior, but we defenitively want to enable users to restart the station themself whenever they want to, but without requiring the root password ! indeed, often student leave the room

Re: how can i make restart not require root password

On 04.09.2013 17:55, Jehan Procaccia wrote: … however, it is confusing those two items consolekit.system.restart-multiple-users and login1.reboot-multiple-sessions, what is the difference between them ? $ repoquery --whatprovides */org.freedesktop.consolekit.policy $ repoquery --repoid=updates

Re: how can i make restart not require root password

On Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 12:31:46PM -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote: Jehan Procaccia wrote: Le 04/09/2013 17:08, Bill Davidsen a écrit : 3 - However, if it is your intention to let any user reboot at any time, use visudo to add a line: %bootersALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /sbin/reboot so

Re: how can i make restart not require root password

On 09/04/2013 05:44 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: I don't think sudo works from a menu, you need gksudo or ksudo for that. That said, sudo is a hammer compared to polkit. For example, polkit can restrict allowed actions to a user present at the physical terminal (as the OP wanted), I don't think sudo

Re: how can i make restart not require root password

On 05.09.2013 02:52, Joe Zeff wrote: On 09/04/2013 05:44 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: I don't think sudo works from a menu, you need gksudo or ksudo for that. That said, sudo is a hammer compared to polkit. For example, polkit can restrict allowed actions to a user present at the physical terminal

Re: how can i make restart not require root password

On Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 05:52:59PM -0700, Joe Zeff wrote: On 09/04/2013 05:44 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: I don't think sudo works from a menu, you need gksudo or ksudo for that. That said, sudo is a hammer compared to polkit. For example, polkit can restrict allowed actions to a user present at

Re: how can i make restart not require root password

On 09/04/2013 06:47 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: You just mentioned things that one should not do, specially on a system where curious students are bound to fool around. Mentioning the suid bit was just, for me, a matter of being complete. Using besu (Not beesu, as I wrote.) will work if you've set

Re: Linus Torvalds would also vent if he used Fedora (root password for printers)

I have updated the bugzilla page: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=596711 David, in the bugzilla you said that it was upstream bug, but in this thread that it is not. Please clarify your opinion in Fedora Bugzilla, thank you. Cheers, Valent. -- users mailing list

Re: Linus Torvalds would also vent if he used Fedora (root password for printers)

On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 6:50 PM, n2xssvv.g02gfr12930 n2xssvv.g02gfr12...@ntlworld.com wrote: On 06/13/2012 02:44 PM, valent.turko...@gmail.com wrote: Why is Administrator type account being asked for root pasword when accessing printer settings? Is there some user group I need to be part of?

Linus Torvalds would also vent if he used Fedora (root password for printers)

Why is Administrator type account being asked for root pasword when accessing printer settings? Is there some user group I need to be part of? Do I need to edit some system files? Are there some PolicyKit options that need to be edited? How? Here are screenshots for printer dialog and user

Re: Linus Torvalds would also vent if he used Fedora (root password for printers)

On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 3:44 PM, valent.turko...@gmail.com valent.turko...@gmail.com wrote: Why is Administrator type account being asked for root pasword when accessing printer settings? Is there some user group I need to be part of? Do I need to edit some system files? Are there some

Re: Linus Torvalds would also vent if he used Fedora (root password for printers)

On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 9:44 AM, valent.turko...@gmail.com valent.turko...@gmail.com wrote: Why is Administrator type account being asked for root pasword when accessing printer settings? Is there some user group I need to be part of? Do I need to edit some system files? Are there some

Re: Linus Torvalds would also vent if he used Fedora (root password for printers)

Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org Thanks for providing this link, i asked this question also there; http://ask.fedoraproject.org/question/1884/why-are-administrator-users-being-asked-for-root -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change

Re: Linus Torvalds would also vent if he used Fedora (root password for printers)

is the app asking for root password, or is this an issue in default policykit policies and should be added by default? This is what I got from the logs: Jun 13 18:23:25 valentt polkitd(authority=local): Operator of unix-session:/org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session2 FAILED to authenticate to gain

Re: Linus Torvalds would also vent if he used Fedora (root password for printers)

On 06/13/2012 02:44 PM, valent.turko...@gmail.com wrote: Why is Administrator type account being asked for root pasword when accessing printer settings? Is there some user group I need to be part of? Do I need to edit some system files? Are there some PolicyKit options that need to be edited?

Re: Linus Torvalds would also vent if he used Fedora (root password for printers)

On Wed, 2012-06-13 at 12:50 -0400, n2xssvv.g02gfr12930 wrote: On 06/13/2012 02:44 PM, valent.turko...@gmail.commailto:valent.turko...@gmail.com wrote: Why is Administrator type account being asked for root pasword when accessing printer settings? Is there some user group I need to be

Re: root password

Steven Stern wrote: I keep meaning to edit the sudo config files to block things like sudo su - sudo bash but I get lazy. Someday, this will bite me in the ***. Note for anyone considering this: it’s virtually impossible to make this watertight, because there are too many ways for

Re: root password

On 02/08/2012 02:49 PM, James Wilkinson wrote: Steven Stern wrote: I keep meaning to edit the sudo config files to block things like sudo su - sudo bash but I get lazy. Someday, this will bite me in the ***. Note for anyone considering this: it’s virtually impossible to make this

Re: root password

On Mon, 2012-02-06 at 22:28 -0600, Steven Stern wrote: The right way is to boot into single user mode. These will also work if your account has sudo access sudo su - or sudo /etc/shadow and remove the root password, then login as root and reset the password or sudo

Re: root password

On 02/07/2012 04:01 AM, Tim wrote: On Mon, 2012-02-06 at 22:28 -0600, Steven Stern wrote: The right way is to boot into single user mode. These will also work if your account has sudo access sudo su - or sudo /etc/shadow and remove the root password, then login as root and reset

Re: root password

not permittet to change root-pwd if you can not reboot because you forgot your root password and need it for reboot in your configuration type sync and make a hard reboot or do not forget your password signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- users mailing list users

Re: root password

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/07/2012 04:01 AM, Tim wrote: On Mon, 2012-02-06 at 22:28 -0600, Steven Stern wrote: Seems like you're all (the different solutions offered by various people) doing much more than you need to. If you do manage to boot into the single user

Re: root password

On 02/07/2012 02:01 AM, Tim wrote: There's no need to su or sudo, nor edit any files where passwords are stored. The point is that the sudo trick will work (assuming that you have it set up) without booting into recovery mode. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To

Re: root password

On 02/07/2012 01:01 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 02/07/2012 02:01 AM, Tim wrote: There's no need to su or sudo, nor edit any files where passwords are stored. The point is that the sudo trick will work (assuming that you have it set up) without booting into recovery mode. I keep meaning to

Re: root password

your box that need to do specific admin tasks but don't have the root password. And, if you do give them sudo access, limit it to the commands they actually need to be using because if you don't, giving them sudo access is exactly the same as giving out the root password. -- users mailing

root password

I forgot the root password. Please advise whether there is any possibility of retrieving it? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki

Re: root password

On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Amit Rp amitr...@gmail.com wrote: I forgot the root password. Please advise whether there is any possibility of retrieving  it? go into single user mode and when you are dropped into the prompt, you can change the root password. see: https

Re: root password

On Tue, Feb 07, 2012 at 07:43:37 +0530, Amit Rp amitr...@gmail.com wrote: I forgot the root password. Please advise whether there is any possibility of retrieving it? It's normally easier to boot into single user mode and change it to something new than to try to recover it. -- users

Re: root password

On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 9:14 PM, Bruno Wolff III br...@wolff.to wrote: On Tue, Feb 07, 2012 at 07:43:37 +0530, Amit Rp amitr...@gmail.com wrote: I forgot the root password. Please advise whether there is any possibility of retrieving it? It's normally easier to boot into single user

Re: root password

On 02/06/2012 08:13 PM, Amit Rp wrote: I forgot the root password. Please advise whether there is any possibility of retrieving it? The right way is to boot into single user mode. These will also work if your account has sudo access sudo su - or sudo /etc/shadow and remove the root

Re: root password

On 02/06/2012 06:47 PM, Boris Epstein wrote: On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 9:14 PM, Bruno Wolff III br...@wolff.to mailto:br...@wolff.to wrote: On Tue, Feb 07, 2012 at 07:43:37 +0530, Amit Rp amitr...@gmail.com mailto:amitr...@gmail.com wrote: I forgot the root password. Please

Changing Forgotten Root Password

Fedora 11, 12 Changing Forgotten Root Password. Starting computer and going into Single User Mode and deleting the x in /etc/passwd and restarting computer and login as root and add new root password, does that still hold true for FC10, 11, 12 /etc/passwd root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash

Re: Changing Forgotten Root Password

On Fri, 2010-07-30 at 16:18 -0400, binary...@comcast.net wrote: Fedora 11, 12 Changing Forgotten Root Password. Starting computer and going into Single User Mode and deleting the x in /etc/passwd and restarting computer and login as root and add new root password, does that still hold

Re: Changing Forgotten Root Password

On Fri, 2010-07-30 at 16:18 -0400, binary...@comcast.net wrote: Fedora 11, 12 Changing Forgotten Root Password. Starting computer and going into Single User Mode and deleting the x in /etc/passwd and restarting computer and login as root and add new root password, does that still hold

Re: Changing Forgotten Root Password

On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:18:27 -0400 binary...@comcast.net wrote: Fedora 11, 12 Changing Forgotten Root Password. Starting computer and going into Single User Mode and deleting the x in /etc/passwd and restarting computer and login as root and add new root password, does that still hold

Re: Changing Forgotten Root Password

) #reboot 2010/7/30 Kevin Fenzi ke...@scrye.com On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:18:27 -0400 binary...@comcast.net wrote: Fedora 11, 12 Changing Forgotten Root Password. Starting computer and going into Single User Mode and deleting the x in /etc/passwd and restarting computer and login

Re: Changing Forgotten Root Password

On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 4:22 PM, Craig White craigwh...@azapple.com wrote: On Fri, 2010-07-30 at 16:18 -0400, binary...@comcast.net wrote: Fedora 11, 12 Changing Forgotten Root Password. Starting computer and going into Single User Mode and deleting the x in /etc/passwd and restarting

Re: root password prompts

not prompt for the root password. No, I mean sudo. In the default config it prompts for the user's password. But the OP asked about root password, not the user's password. It doesn't remember the password. It makes an entry in a log with the epoch. When next invoked, sudo checks the latest entry

Re: root password prompts

On 05/27/2010 11:47 AM, Mike McCarty wrote: Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: IOW it remembers it by logging it. How else would it do it except by recording it in a file? I'm not interested in argumentation. It does not remember passwords, period. I am not sure how you can declare

Re: root password prompts

Rahul Sundaram wrote: On 05/27/2010 11:47 AM, Mike McCarty wrote: Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: IOW it remembers it by logging it. How else would it do it except by recording it in a file? I'm not interested in argumentation. It does not remember passwords, period. I am not

Re: root password prompts

On 05/27/2010 12:09 AM, Tom Horsley wrote: I have seen claims on this list that the root password is remembered for a small amount of time so you don't keep getting asked. That has never worked for me, but I assumed it was just because I was running a non-standard session and was missing

Re: root password prompts

Rahul Sundaram wrote: I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't CC me. On 05/27/2010 12:57 PM, Mike McCarty wrote: All programs which prompt for, and receive, passwords in clear text form go to extra lengths to make sure that they do NOT remember passwords in any form Mike, Refer to the

Re: root password prompts

On 05/27/2010 02:42 PM, Mike McCarty wrote: I'm aware of that information. Well, it seems that I was not clear enough in my statement. There is no lack of clarity. When people refer to sudo remembering passwords, they are certainly referring to the functionality and not the

Re: root password prompts

whether those entries might not be from something like that. $ sudo dumphex /var/run/sudo/jmccarty/34:root Password: 2F 76 61 72 2F 72 75 6E 2F 73 75 64 6F 2F 6A 6D |/var/run/sudo/jm| 0010 63 63 61 72 74 79 2F 33 34 3A 72 6F 6F 74 00 73 |ccarty/34:root.s| 0020 45 FC 4B C0

Re: root password prompts

On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 5:19 AM, Rahul Sundaram methe...@gmail.com wrote: On 05/27/2010 02:42 PM, Mike McCarty wrote: I'm aware of that information. Well, it seems that I was not clear enough in my statement. There is no lack of clarity.   When people refer to sudo remembering passwords,

Re: root password prompts

On 05/27/2010 03:30 PM, Andrew Parker wrote: I disagree. Nit picking details in this industry is essential for progress and understanding. Defending flawed terminology that imply security holes when they don't exist is foolish. I would like to thank Mike for his explanations, I for one have

Re: root password prompts

On Wed, 2010-05-26 at 14:39 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: Today I was running system-config-printer to install all the various printers around here at work on a freshly installed fedora 13 system running as a brand new user in a standard gnome session. As with other PolicyKit-enabled

Re: root password prompts

On Thu, 2010-05-27 at 01:17 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: No, I mean sudo. In the default config it prompts for the user's password. But the OP asked about root password, not the user's password. And I replied in order to help him with his underlying need, which is not to know the root

Re: root password prompts

On Thu, 2010-05-27 at 02:27 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: The fellow I responded to is contributing to a thread which concerns precise differences between how different tools handle security. He already wrote one inaccurate statement, from which I infer that he is not writing very clearly, and

root password prompts

I have seen claims on this list that the root password is remembered for a small amount of time so you don't keep getting asked. That has never worked for me, but I assumed it was just because I was running a non-standard session and was missing something. Today I was running system-config

Re: root password prompts

On Wed, 2010-05-26 at 14:39 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: I have seen claims on this list that the root password is remembered for a small amount of time so you don't keep getting asked. That has never worked for me, but I assumed it was just because I was running a non-standard session

Re: root password prompts

other than with sudo. Umm, perhaps you mean su. The sudo command does not prompt for the root password. It doesn't remember the password. It makes an entry in a log with the epoch. When next invoked, sudo checks the latest entry, and if less than a certain amount of time has elapsed, simply goes

Re: root password prompts

seen this behaviour other than with sudo. Umm, perhaps you mean su. The sudo command does not prompt for the root password. I guess this is too brief. The sudo command does not prompt for the root password. The su command may prompt for the root password, and always does if it ever does, unless

Re: root password prompts

On Wed, 2010-05-26 at 14:48 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: AFAIK this is a function of 'sudo'. It asks you the first time and remembers for a few minutes after. I've never seen this behaviour other than with sudo. Umm, perhaps you mean su. The sudo command does not prompt for the root

Re: root password prompts

and makes a new entry. IOW it remembers it by logging it. How else would it do it except by recording it in a file? poc It is an suid program - it doesn't need a password unless the policy chooses to ask for one. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or

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