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12-10-2005, 09:28 AM
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Registered: Dec 2004
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Newbie How to change user password mandriva 2006
For the life of me i am unable to change the user password in mandrivia 2006 i changed the root password by clicking on the link configuration,other change password but how do i change the user password no link for that.also can i force the system to accept a password that it say`s is to simplistic the one i want to use does not seem simplistic to me.
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12-10-2005, 10:50 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: May 2005
Location: Atlanta Georgia USA
Distribution: Redhat (RHEL), CentOS, Fedora, CoreOS, Debian, FreeBSD, HP-UX, Solaris, SCO
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Open a terminal window from the GUI.
If you're logged in as root you can change the user's password with:
passwd <username>
It will prompt you for the new password. If you're root you can probably override the password rules.
CAUTION: There's a reason for these rules - hackers can hit your system with automated utilities that try every word in the dictionary until they get a successful login.
If you're NOT logged in as root you can become root within the terminal window by typing:
su - root
It will prompt you for root's password. Once you do that you can issue the passwd command noted above.
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12-11-2005, 08:42 PM
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Registered: Aug 2004
Location: Munich, Germany
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If you prefer a GUI you can go into the Mandrake Control Centre there is a user manager in System. If the system is saying your password is too simple then it is - choose another one
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12-12-2005, 03:35 AM
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Registered: Nov 2005
Location: Hong Kong
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I just used the layman method. As root, I used the "user administration" gui to change users' password.
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04-05-2006, 05:37 AM
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Registered: Dec 2005
Location: Sweden
Distribution: Mandriva 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jlightner
Open a terminal window from the GUI.
If you're logged in as root you can change the user's password with:
passwd <username>
It will prompt you for the new password. If you're root you can probably override the password rules.
CAUTION: There's a reason for these rules - hackers can hit your system with automated utilities that try every word in the dictionary until they get a successful login.
If you're NOT logged in as root you can become root within the terminal window by typing:
su - root
It will prompt you for root's password. Once you do that you can issue the passwd command noted above.
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I tried that. The first time around it gave me the complaint that it was a dictionary word. The second time around, it worked. In my opinion, there is still a problem that needs addressing.
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