Re: Authentication failed after su-

2022-03-01 Thread Stella Ashburne
Dearie > Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2022 at 12:16 AM > From: "David Wright" > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Authentication failed after su- > Please allow me to snip off large chunks of your tips in my reply. > Substantively, they'

Re: Authentication failed after su-

2022-03-01 Thread David Wright
On Tue 01 Mar 2022 at 11:59:47 (+0100), Stella Ashburne wrote: > > From: "Sven Hartge" > > > > Use sudo. > > > > wpa_passphrase JupiterRising 1234567890 | sudo tee > > /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf > > > Thanks for your tip. > > Could you surf to https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse,

Re: Authentication failed after su-

2022-03-01 Thread Charles Curley
On Tue, 1 Mar 2022 10:28:32 +0100 Sven Hartge wrote: > > What should I do to resolve the issue? > > Use sudo. > > wpa_passphrase JupiterRising 1234567890 | sudo tee > /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf That will work. Another way to do it is to provide a password for root. Something lik

Re: Authentication failed after su-

2022-03-01 Thread Stella Ashburne
Mein Schatzi > Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2022 at 5:28 PM > From: "Sven Hartge" > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Authentication failed after su- > > > Use sudo. > > wpa_passphrase JupiterRising 1234567890 | sudo tee > /etc/wpa_supplicant/w

Re: Authentication failed after su-

2022-03-01 Thread Sven Hartge
Stella Ashburne wrote: >> From: "Dan Ritter" >>> In a terminal, I typed: >>> >>> username@hostname:~$ su -l -c "wpa_passphrase JupiterRising 1234567890 > >>> /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf" >>> Password: >>> su: Authentication failure >> That means that you failed to give the root pas

Re: Authentication failed after su-

2022-02-28 Thread Stella Ashburne
Dearie > Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2022 at 5:47 AM > From: "Bob McGowan" > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Authentication failed after su- > > On 2/28/22 13:09, Dan Ritter wrote: > > sudo su - -l -c "rest of the line" > > Some co

Re: Authentication failed after su-

2022-02-28 Thread Stella Ashburne
Dearie > Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2022 at 7:13 AM > From: "Dan Ritter" > To: "Stella Ashburne" > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Authentication failed after su- > > > > > In a terminal, I typed: > > > > username

Re: Authentication failed after su-

2022-02-28 Thread Bob McGowan
On 2/28/22 13:09, Dan Ritter wrote: sudo su - -l -c "rest of the line" Some comments on this, without knowing just how it failed: 1.  There is no reason I can see to using both 'sudo' and 'su' together.  By default, they both let you run a command as the root user. 2.  Using both '-' and '-

Re: Authentication failed after su-

2022-02-28 Thread Dan Ritter
Stella Ashburne wrote: > > Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2022 at 5:09 AM > > From: "Dan Ritter" > > To: "Stella Ashburne" > > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Subject: Re: Authentication failed after su- > > > > Stella Ashburne

Re: Authentication failed after su-

2022-02-28 Thread Stella Ashburne
Dearie > Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2022 at 5:09 AM > From: "Dan Ritter" > To: "Stella Ashburne" > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Authentication failed after su- > > Stella Ashburne wrote: > > sudo su - -l -c "rest of the line&q

Re: Authentication failed after su-

2022-02-28 Thread Dan Ritter
Stella Ashburne wrote: > sudo su - -l -c "rest of the line" > > It didn't work Copy and paste the actual error; they contain real information to help us figure out what is happening. -dsr-

Re: Authentication failed after su-

2022-02-28 Thread Stella Ashburne
Dearie Thanks for your offer of help; however. > Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2022 at 3:10 AM > From: "Andrew M.A. Cater" > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Authentication failed after su- > > > If you use sudo: prefix the above command with s

Re: Authentication failed after su-

2022-02-28 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 07:54:39PM +0100, Stella Ashburne wrote: > According to https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse, > > "Use the WPA passphrase to calculate the correct WPA PSK hash for your SSID > by altering the following example" > > the command to type is > > su -l -c "wpa_passphrase mys

Authentication failed after su-

2022-02-28 Thread Stella Ashburne
According to https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse, "Use the WPA passphrase to calculate the correct WPA PSK hash for your SSID by altering the following example" the command to type is su -l -c "wpa_passphrase myssid my_very_secret_passphrase > /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf" The ou