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PostFix SASL with saslauthd and shadow
On debian, I got postfix SMTP authentication almost working :
I do :
perl -MMIME::Base64 -e 'print encode_base64("username\0username@domain.com\0password");'
and get my encoded indentification
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How to generate a /etc/shadow compatible password for Ubuntu 10.04?
How are passwords generated that are used by Ubuntu 10.04? I know that they use SHA 512 as hashing algorithm, but I figure that there is some sort of salting done. I need to generate such a password ...
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Could not connect to FreeNX server using Desktop--->Shadow
I have installed FreeNX server on ubuntu 10.04 Desktop and I could connect to the system remotely with NXClient selecting "UNIX" and "GNOME". I want to use the 'shadow' feature of NX and I could not ...
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Linux equivalent for Windows shadow copies
In Linux is there an equivalent for Windows shadow copies? I would like to use this for a small setup nothing big but it would be nice to have some type of functionality like shadow copies.
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RHEL not accepting any passwords
I have RHEL 5 on virtual machine installed.
I was creating the new user by making entry in /etc/passwd.
I deleted the /etc/shadow file and used pwconv command to make new shadow file.
Now when i ...
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MySQL: Permit user to change his/her _own_ password
On a webserver there is a MySQL-service running, providing databases for the users of the server. Each user has it's own DB and it's own password and the right so INSERT/SELECT/UPDATE/DROP tables in ...
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Restore passwd for root on a server
I have a DVR server with linux embeded. It has some telnet functions but i don't have the password for it (the chinese manufacturer refuses to give me the ...
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What is the `shadow` group used for?
On my Ubuntu 9.10 system, there's a shadow system group. There does not appear to be any user assigned to this group at all. The only files that I can find belonging to this group are /etc/shadow and ...
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How should someone create an encrypted password for /etc/shadow?
I am setting up a new account on a Linux box for Subversion repository access, and can send the password to the new user. However, I think there was a command line utility for this new user to encrypt ...
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Diskless login with Linux/OpenSolaris
Is it possible to enable a Linux or OpenSolaris based server to process standard unix login requests without spinning up the hard drive holding the root partition?
I have a Nexenta-based (1) server ...
