RE: Single login server for windows and Linux

2003-10-06 Thread Binyon Steve Contr Det 4 AFC2TIG/ASRCC
-Original Message- From: James D. Parra [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 11:37 AM To: Redhat-List (E-mail) Subject: Single login server for windows and Linux Hello, What is the best method to have one central Linux server handling login authentication for Lin

Re: Single login server for windows and Linux

2003-10-01 Thread David Barkman
Have you checked out Samba, it is very configurable and I believe can be setup as a login server comparable to an NT Domain Controller. - Original Message - From: "James D. Parra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Redhat-List (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 10:37 AM

Re: Single login to all workstations in network

2003-02-19 Thread Robert Canary
Naah, use ldap. Jon Haugsand wrote: > > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hello All, > > > > > > I would like to know if it is possible to have a common set of usernames > > and password that the users can use in any linux system. Like in > > windows domain architecture when a username is created in the P

RE: Single login to all workstations in network

2003-02-19 Thread Chris Mason
Title: Message The best way to do this is LDAP. Not only because it will work the way you want it to but because it will also work with windows machines. The LDAP entry can have a unix and a NT password entry. -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Single login to all workstations in network

2003-02-19 Thread Jon Haugsand
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hello All, > > > I would like to know if it is possible to have a common set of usernames > and password that the users can use in any linux system. Like in > windows domain architecture when a username is created in the PDC the > username is valid in all the clients in t

RE: Single login to all workstations in network

2003-02-19 Thread Rigler, S C (Steve)
Title: Message LDAP will do this too -Original Message-From: santosh kumar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 7:18 AMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: RE: Single login to all workstations in network This you can achieve by NIS or NIS+, but first

RE: Single login to all workstations in network

2003-02-19 Thread santosh kumar
Title: Message This you can achieve by NIS or NIS+, but first you need to study about your all requirements and implement one of the methods either NIS or NIS   Regds, santosh  -Original Message-  From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of senthil@jadoo

Re: Single login to all workstations in network

2003-02-19 Thread Rus Foster
On Wed, 19 Feb 2003, senthil@jadooworks wrote: > Hello All, > > > I would like to know if it is possible to have a common set of usernames > and password that the users can use in any linux system. Like in windows > domain architecture when a username is created in the PDC the username > is valid

Re: single login on multiple computers?

2002-07-11 Thread dbrett
Thanks I will start reading david On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Anthony E. Greene wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 10-Jul-2002/19:53 -0400, dbrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [about managing user accts for multiple machines in one place] > >Is it possible to have the use

Re: single login on multiple computers?

2002-07-10 Thread Anthony E. Greene
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10-Jul-2002/21:28 -0500, Ed Wilts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Is there a HOWTO somewhere on a relatively easy way to get user information >(username, password, expiration, etc.) into an ldap database? The docs for >ldap seem fairly indepth - massi

Re: single login on multiple computers?

2002-07-10 Thread Ed Wilts
Is there a HOWTO somewhere on a relatively easy way to get user information (username, password, expiration, etc.) into an ldap database? The docs for ldap seem fairly indepth - massive overkill for what should be a relatively easy problem. For example, what's the equivalent to useradd? Thanks,

Re: single login on multiple computers?

2002-07-10 Thread Anthony E. Greene
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10-Jul-2002/19:53 -0400, dbrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [about managing user accts for multiple machines in one place] >Is it possible to have the users use NT authentication? Yes, using pam_smb_auth. See the docs in on a RH7x machine. Tony

Re: single login on multiple computers?

2002-07-10 Thread dbrett
Is it possible to have the users use NT authentication? david On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Anthony E. Greene wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 10-Jul-2002/14:16 -0400, dbrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I am in need of some guidance. I am trying to set-up a few worksta

Re: single login on multiple computers?

2002-07-10 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hi David, > How do I set-up 3 or 4 computers with multiple users, so that one person > may login into any computer without having to set-up all users on all > computers? NIS(+). See the NIS-HOWTO. (Why the faq has the howto rpm dissappeared from the distro? The docs cd is almost empty. Should

Re: single login on multiple computers?

2002-07-10 Thread Anthony E. Greene
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10-Jul-2002/14:16 -0400, dbrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I am in need of some guidance. I am trying to set-up a few workstations >in a proof of concept for management. > >How do I set-up 3 or 4 computers with multiple users, so that one person

RE: Fwd: Re: single user mode password

2002-07-02 Thread pwitting
Won't the password and restricted options accomplish this within LILO? Check man lilo.conf -Original Message- From: Kent Borg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 12:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: single user mode password On Tue, Jul 02, 20

Re: Fwd: Re: single user mode password

2002-07-02 Thread Kent Borg
On Tue, Jul 02, 2002 at 12:36:01PM -, shyam wrote: > hi ramakrishna > i think you are thinking in diffrent way > > what i need to do is ,while booting in single user mode (of cource > as root user ) it should ask for root password ,usually it > dosen't(in lilo) > > plese try for some solu

Fwd: Re: single user mode password

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Re: single user mode password

2002-07-02 Thread ramakrishna
hi, > as root, you can create the user account, and password, using the GUI >redhat-config-users, Correct me if iam wrong . i don't think the GUI redhat-config-users are available in redhat 7.1 . it is a feature present in redhat 7.3 > > shyam wrote: > > hi friends > > > > I am

RE: single user mode password

2002-07-02 Thread Gregory Hosler
single user mode is normally reserved for root only. A lot of services just aren't turned on by default. As root, you can just su to the user that you need to be, for whatever reason. and, of course, as root, you can create the user account, and password, using the GUI redhat-config-users, or if y

Re: single PLIP installation disk [solved]

2001-03-15 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hi all, > LdO> I seem to remember to have come accross a single bootnet floppy with PLIP > LdO> already integrated, but I can't remember where this was. Anybody seen such > an LdO> image around? No problem if it's for an older RedHat release, I just > need to LdO> have a look at

Re: single PLIP installation disk

2001-03-08 Thread Duane Clark
Leonard wrote: > I seem to remember to have come accross a single bootnet floppy with PLIP > already integrated, but I can't remember where this was. Anybody seen such an > image around? No problem if it's for an older RedHat release, I just need to > have a look at it. > Thanx in advance, H

Re: single PLIP installation disk

2001-03-08 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hi Brian, > I think you were looking for this. > http://www-ti.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de/~bubeck/bootnet-plip-62.img Thanks a lot! That is indeed the one I am looking for. I will have a look at it and create one for RedHat 7.0. Bye,

Re: single PLIP installation disk

2001-03-07 Thread Brian Ashe
Hi Leonard, On Wednesday, March 07, 2001, 5:31:04 PM, you babbled something about: LdO> Hi Folks! LdO> I seem to remember to have come accross a single bootnet floppy with PLIP LdO> already integrated, but I can't remember where this was. Anybody seen such an LdO> image aroun

Re: single PLIP installation disk

2001-03-07 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hi John, > I don't know about PLIP, but maybe it was Tom's root/boot (tomsrtbt) at > > http://www.toms.net/rb/ Nope. I need a (modified) RH installation disk with plip.o and parport_pc.o already available. I think I have seen such a disk over half a year ago somewhere in Germ

Re: single PLIP installation disk

2001-03-07 Thread John Weber
I don't know about PLIP, but maybe it was Tom's root/boot (tomsrtbt) at http://www.toms.net/rb/ John On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, Leonard den Ottolander wrote: > Hi Folks! > > I seem to remember to have come accross a single bootnet floppy with PLIP > already integrated, but I can't reme

Re: single user mode

2000-09-01 Thread Bret Hughes
Andy Schuler wrote: > I know with FreeBSD it is possible to setup single user mode to require the > root password. Is it possible to do this on RH 6.2? Or possibly disable > single user mode entirely? > > -shoe > > ___ yep. man lilo. Also discussed recently (last month

Re: single user mode

2000-08-23 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Nitebirdz wrote: > > > > Although the lilo password has the added functionality of > > preventing users from passing arguments at the LILO: prompt. > > Which comes in handy as a way to prevent: > > linux init=/bin/sh > > Yep. 'Course if you ever screw up your system to t

Re: single user mode

2000-08-23 Thread Ahbaid Gaffoor
Hi, here's a thought... it's all theory, but I'd like to try it, if it works for you please let me know... I was thinking that I could redirect /dev/console as a serial terminal ... then get something like HP's web console and attach the serial port to it... my 2 cents... regards, Ahbaid. An

RE: single user mode

2000-08-23 Thread rpjday
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, John Aldrich wrote: > On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Andy Schuler wrote: > > Thanks! > > > > The reason I was looking at an option other than a bios password was so that > > I can reboot the box remotely. The options you specified for LILO will only > > require a password if parameter

Re: single user mode

2000-08-23 Thread Nitebirdz
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Steve Feehan wrote: > Andy Schuler wrote: > > (sorry if this gets posted twice) > > > > > > I know with FreeBSD it is possible to setup single user mode to require the > > root password. Is it possible to do this on RH 6.2? Or possibly disable > > single user mode enti

RE: single user mode

2000-08-23 Thread Nitebirdz
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Andy Schuler wrote: > Thanks! > > The reason I was looking at an option other than a bios password was so that > I can reboot the box remotely. The options you specified for LILO will only > require a password if parameters are specified on the command line (e.g. > single, c

Re: single user mode

2000-08-23 Thread Steve Feehan
Andy Schuler wrote: > (sorry if this gets posted twice) > > > I know with FreeBSD it is possible to setup single user mode to require the > root password. Is it possible to do this on RH 6.2? Or possibly disable > single user mode entirely? > > > -shoe > Other than a lilo password, yo

RE: single user mode

2000-08-23 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Andy Schuler wrote: > Thanks! > > The reason I was looking at an option other than a bios password was so that > I can reboot the box remotely. The options you specified for LILO will only > require a password if parameters are specified on the command line (e.g. > single, co

RE: single user mode

2000-08-23 Thread Andy Schuler
Thanks! The reason I was looking at an option other than a bios password was so that I can reboot the box remotely. The options you specified for LILO will only require a password if parameters are specified on the command line (e.g. single, correct? On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, John Aldrich wrote:

Re: single user mode

2000-08-23 Thread Nitebirdz
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, John Aldrich wrote: > On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Andy Schuler wrote: > > (sorry if this gets posted twice) > > > > > > I know with FreeBSD it is possible to setup single user mode to require the > > root password. Is it possible to do this on RH 6.2? Or possibly disable > > s

RE: single user mode

2000-08-23 Thread Andy Schuler
cool, any idea as to the entry in lilo.conf? On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Andy Schuler wrote: > (sorry if this gets posted twice) > > > I know with FreeBSD it is possible to setup single user mode to require the > root password. Is it possible to do this on RH 6.2? Or possibly disable > single us

Re: single user mode

2000-08-23 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Andy Schuler wrote: > (sorry if this gets posted twice) > > > I know with FreeBSD it is possible to setup single user mode to require the > root password. Is it possible to do this on RH 6.2? Or possibly disable > single user mode entirely? > > I think you can put a

Re: Single User

2000-08-17 Thread Bob Taylor
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Kevin Wood writes: > This the problem, when I boot into single user mode, I get a root > password request. I need to bypass this so that I can change the root > password. Again, this is with SuSE. Thanks On LILO boot line add: init=/bin/bash Bob -- +-

Re: Single User

2000-08-17 Thread noel . timario
Hello Kevin, Quoting Kevin Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > This the problem, when I boot into single user mode, I get a root > password request. I need to bypass this so that I can change the root > password. Again, this is with SuSE. Thanks > Try this at "boot:" type this... linux init=/

Re: Single User

2000-08-17 Thread Kevin Wood
This the problem, when I boot into single user mode, I get a root password request. I need to bypass this so that I can change the root password. Again, this is with SuSE. Thanks Kevin Anthony Lawson wrote: > > I'm pretty sure the answer is yes for all Linux distros. I have booted a > SuSe l

RE: Single User

2000-08-16 Thread noel . timario
Quoting Anthony Lawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'm pretty sure the answer is yes for all Linux distros. I have booted a > SuSe linux box into single user mode before but it wasn't to change the > root > password. Why not try it and see for yourself? > Yes. all linux distributions has a single u

RE: Single User

2000-08-16 Thread Anthony Lawson
I'm pretty sure the answer is yes for all Linux distros. I have booted a SuSe linux box into single user mode before but it wasn't to change the root password. Why not try it and see for yourself? A n t h o n y L a w s o n Systems/Networking Support - CCNA Semaphore Corporation 206.905.5028

Re: single

1998-05-26 Thread James Youngman
> "pd" == Patrick Dupre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > Why the command "linux single" does not work at boot time >> > (linux works) ? >> Try 'linux 1' at the lilo prompt. pd> Same thing, I really do not understand, it always switch to pd> runlevel 6 No idea why this would happe

Re: single

1998-05-22 Thread Patrick Dupre
> > > Why the command "linux single" does not work at boot time (linux works) ? > > Thank. > > > > Try 'linux 1' at the lilo prompt. > Same thing, I really do not understand, it always switch to runlevel 6 -- Pat

Re: single

1998-05-22 Thread Brian Eith
> Why the command "linux single" does not work at boot time (linux works) ? > Thank. > Try 'linux 1' at the lilo prompt. Brian. -- = | Brian Eith [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~eith | =

Re: Single user mode

1998-05-06 Thread macker
On Wed, 6 May 1998, Shawn McMahon wrote: > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wednesday, May 06, 1998 4:11 PM > Subject: Re: Single user mode > > > > OTOH, tha

Re: Single user mode

1998-05-06 Thread Dave Wreski
> Physical security is useless if software itself is so flawed that one can > simply boot to a passwordless o/s that allows an incredible amount of > access to hardware immediately. There are several reasons it does not come more secure by default. Security is always a tradeoff, and it is not up

Re: Single user mode

1998-05-06 Thread macker
I was just thinking about something and realized I forgot to include it in my previous e-mail... One of the major security flaws with Linux when it comes to physical access is LILO being terribly insecure about dropping to single-user mode, etc. It seems to me an obvious path to take would be if

Re: Single user mode

1998-05-06 Thread Shawn McMahon
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, May 06, 1998 4:11 PM Subject: Re: Single user mode > OTOH, that's the reason most *nix boxes are in a modestly secure >location. One easy wa

Re: Single user mode

1998-05-06 Thread Dave Wreski
> I know that by default, anyone can reboot a Linux box, and type linux 1 at > the lilo prompt in order to get into single user mode. I understand the > benefits of a feature such as this (forgotten root's password), but I need > to disable this. I can't allow people to get a root shell simply

Re: Single user mode

1998-05-06 Thread adam
On Wed, May 06, 1998 at 02:28:38PM -0500, Brian wrote: > I know that by default, anyone can reboot a Linux box, and type linux 1 at > the lilo prompt in order to get into single user mode. I understand the > benefits of a feature such as this (forgotten root's password), but I need > to disable t

Re: Single User Mode

1998-04-15 Thread Pete Durst
DLE; There are several ways to go to single user mode. #init s #init S #init 1 as the root user will bring a running system to the level. This does not always work gracfully (depends on how well written the kill scripts are) Another way is to reboot the computer and at the LILO prompt, type

Re: Single User Mode

1998-04-15 Thread Norma Thompson
At the boot prompt, i.e. Linux boot: you type "linux single" without the quotes. On mine, it stops all of the network and multi-user stuff that Red Hat or possibly Linux itself normally sets up. -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.

Re: Single User Mode

1998-04-15 Thread Chris Fishwick
> Would somebody shed some light on this subject? I know that you will, > and was reluctant to utilize this media for this. At your lilo prompt, where you normally type 'linux' (or whatever label you have set in your lilo.conf file) to boot add 'single' to the end of this.. i.e. To boot the ima