[NTLUG:Discuss] Group Password

[Pervaz Allaudin]

It does not say which user the prompt is only "password" without a name 
and I have tried mine and root passwords.
Like I mentioned I can cntrl-c through it and it started right after I 
added myself and root in a couple of groups.

Pervaz

Vaidya, Harshal (Cognizant) wrote:

>Hey Pervaz,
>
> Which user does it ask you the password for? Does that user exist in
>the /etc/passwd file?
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Pervaz Allaudin [mailto:pervaz at att.net] 
>Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 9:07 PM
>To: NTLUG Discussion List
>Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Group Password
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>yes and no.
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>No - if you mean auto login at beginning of. the session.
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>This password is only when a new shell console is brought up; And it is 
>NOT my user password or even the root password but some other which I do
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>not know.
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>and yes I would like to bypass it when I open a shell console.
>
>Pervaz
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>Vaidya, Harshal (Cognizant) wrote:
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>>If I understand correctly you want a automatic login without providing 
>>password and username.. Right?
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>>In that case look at man autologin. You will get all the details.
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>>Thanks and Regards,
>>Harshal Vaidya.
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Pervaz Allaudin [mailto:pervaz at att.net]
>>Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 8:38 PM
>>To: NTLUG
>>Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Group Password
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>>I added myself to user and adm groups on my mandrake 9.0 and also added
>>root to the user group.
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>>Now whenever I open a console the system asks me for a password. I do
>>know how to get rid of it - I can cntrl-c through it but I rather it
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>not
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>>ask.
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>>It probably is the group password but not being completely familiar 
>>with
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>>linux I would like to know how I can stop the system from asking me and
>>will I be compromising security if I take out a group password (and how
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>>I can do that).
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>>Thanks
>>Pervaz
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