Lost User Account Passwords
by Tim Alberts
I'm running apache on a FC3 linux box. I'm trying to make user password
control more available. I know the passwd command to change user
passwords. My question is, if a user enters a password and they forget
it, how can they get the password back out of the system without just
re-entering a new one?
Specifically, I'm using Linux-PAM with shadow passwords. I don't want
to give users root access. I'm really trying to create a cgi/bash
script that a user can enter their email address and it will email them
there password. Seems like a simple thing to do, but I haven't seen a
command to retreive a current user password from Linux-PAM/shadow
passwords. I could use a MySQL database to keep track of this stuff,
but I prefer to use the security that Linux already provides. Plus,
then I've got plain text passwords in a database or even if I encrypted
them in the database, I have the passwords in two places and then
there's the risk of them getting out of sink (however small a risk).
19 years, 4 months
g++
by jim lawrence
hi all stupid question
i'm trying to execute a file i created i have a .cpp file and a .exe
file that is attached to it
you know the simple "helloworld " it compiled with no errors, but it
won't run.
here is what i have
helloworld.cpp
HelloWorld which is a executible file
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When I'm feeling down, I like to whistle.
It makes the neighbor's dog run to the end of his chain and gag himself.
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Registered Linux User: #376813
jim lawrence
128-10-93-85-10-128-98-112-6-6-25-126-39-1-68-78
19 years, 4 months
bttv tuner
by Eric Tanguy
My bt878 capture card worked before but now with the last updated kernel
i can't have it to work. I have no /dev/video*. What could be the
problem ?
Thanks
Eric
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Fedora Core release 3 (Heidelberg) sur athlon kernel 2.6.10-1.741_FC3
19 years, 4 months
FC3 INIT: Id "[1-6]x" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
by John Whyte
I am trying to install FC3 on Connectix Virtual PC (before MS swallowed them
up), but keep getting the respawning message half way through the boot. I
can CTRL ALT + fkey to a tty without a respawn message, get the issue and am
able to enter the login but never get a chance to enter a password as it
respawns.
If I switch of the quiet option on the kernel can watch the initrd running
it's commands apparently OK but fails after init kicks to runlevel.
I can access everything without difficulty using the rescuecd even to
getting X to run.
I suspect that the file systems are still mounted read only preventing init
setting up its pipe and the mingetty's launching.
Is there any way I can follow the boot process in more detail or run each
stage by hand to track this down.
I have installed FC3 on a PC normally and have no problems, I installed FC1
and FC2 as a cross check FC1 ran OK, FC2 gave similar errors to FC3 but
prior to the respawn errors it appeared to show the rc script breaking.
Any ideas on how to follow this up?
Cheers,
John Whyte
19 years, 4 months
Is there conversion html to plain text -
by bobgoodwin
Is there an application already included in FC2 that will enable me to
convert html to plain text? Google indicates that there are html2text
and html2ascii but I was unable to find an FC2 RPM which would be
preferred. Nothing resulted from yum either.
I thought that Open Office might have that capability but did not see it ...
I suspect there may be an application that I am not seeing?
Any suggestion appreciated.
Bob Goodwin Zuni, Virginia.
19 years, 4 months
mimencode -> ??? -> mewencode?
by Dan Stromberg
It seems that older Redhat systems had mimencode.
My FC3 system has mewencode.
What about in between? Is there some sort of binary -> base64 encoder
that works across many redhat releases?
Thanks!
19 years, 4 months
(no subject)
by alb.g@libero.it
I have a problem with the driver for wi-fi card d-link dwl-g650+ on fedora core3
test 3.Someone can help me?thanks
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19 years, 4 months
Re: 100% Linux - Is it possible?
by Richard S. Crawford
Pete Choppin said:
> I was just looking for a consensus on this...
>
> I have been working with Fedora Core 3 for the past month. My new years
> resolution was to learn Linux. So far, so good.
>
> I created a dual-boot Fedora / Windows XP. I am now seriously considering
> going completely 100% Linux and dumping my Windows partition entirely.
>
> The question is - can you live completely without Windows, or do you
> sooner or later have to resort to Windows again?
It's possible. I long ago dual-booted my computer with FC2 and Win2K, and
I haven't been able to boot into Win2K since. Yeah, I know I can fix it
easily, but I just haven't gotten around to it; it's been many months now,
and even before that I hadn't booted into Windows for several months.
Having said that, I do keep my Windows XP Laptop around, even though
that's dual-booted with FC3 as well. I keep it because of my MP3 player,
a Creative Zen Nomad Xtra. Gnomad works fine for moving files back and
forth to the player, but isn't very good at managing playlists. I also
purchase audio books from Audible.com, and their desktop manager is not
available for Linux (I've considered trying Wine to try to run it on my
FC3 box, but haven't gotten around to it yet). I'd guess that I use
Windows for a couple of hours a week, if that.
At work I'm stuck with Win2K, simply because we're a SQL Server shop and I
haven't found a way to manage the SQL Server database that doesn't involve
the Enterprise manager. Outside of that, though, there is nothing I do at
work that I wouldn't be able to do with a Linux tool.
So yes, 100% Linux is quite possible.
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Sláinte,
Richard S. Crawford (AIM: Buffalo2K)
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"We live as though the world were how it should be,
to show it what it can be."
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19 years, 4 months