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Why exactly usermod -p command is not recommended?
For only academic purposes I am doing a research about the usermod command working with the -p or --password option:
Through man usermod exists:
-p, --password PASSWORD
The encrypted password, as ...
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What is the correct approach to unlock a disabled login user?
When is executed the sudo adduser <username> --disabled-login command, is created an user being locked because is disabled login. It can be confirmed with the passwd -S <username> command ...
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Do not ask for LUKS password at boot
LUKS is used on a Ubuntu 22 PC to encrypt the whole disk.
So, each time the PC is booted, 2 passwords are requested: LUKS password to decrypt the disk, then the login password to log in.
Is it ...
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How to Use Encrypted password in autoinstall.yml - late command
Hi There is a requirement, I have kept a password protected archive file in the filesystem of an ISO by using Squashfs tool. I want to untar it at time of ISO installation.
Is there a way to provide ...
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Disk Encryption: Takes 30 seconds to 2 minutes to prompt for the password
I recently purchased a computer and installed Ubuntu 22.04 onto it. After installing, I am having an issue where it takes a long time for the prompt to ask for a password comes up.
After I enter the ...
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LUKS FDE password policy not enforced?
I am noticing that on a vanilla Ubuntu 22.04 LTS installation, there is no password policy whatsoever enforced when changing the LUKS FDE password using cryptsetup luksChangeKey or luksAddKey.
In the ...
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What is the default password encryption method used in ubuntu 20.04
What is the default password encryption method used in ubuntu 20.04? is it different from 18.04 LTS
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Automatically mount and unlock ZFS dataset on external USB drive connection
As the title says, I'm trying to mimic the behavior of a LUKS encrypted drive with ZFS.
An external USB drive with LUKS can automatically mount when connected. Ubuntu will show a dialog for the ...
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Encryption Password typing issues
I just upgraded from Ubuntu 20.04 to Ubuntu 22.04.
Upon rebooting, after upgrade finished, I was asked to enter disk encryption password (not loggin password. I have full disk encyption).
My defalt ...
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How do I programmatically mount zfs at boot?
I encrypted my hard drive with zfs, running ubuntu 22.04.
I'm an idiot and forgot my password. However, I'm pretty confident that it is contained in a list of ~300 passwords that I know.
When I boot, ...
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grub efi luks encryption, how avoid "decrypt master key"
because I accidentally deleted the luks key slot saved in the keyfile the system (lubuntu 22.04, grub efi) started as normal with password to decrypt master key, which takes very long because of grub ...
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Encrypted partition with user files not mounted at start up
I have a laptop with Ubuntu 22.10 with two disks.
One is used for the system and home directories.
The other is used for "data", and it is encrypted.
The idea was to have some sensitive home ...
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How do I remove password from a PDF using ghostscript, when password is known?
I have an encrypted pdf, and I am aware of the password, and I would like to use the Ghostscript to make them unencrypted, so they don't require any password to be opened.
I tried using the following, ...
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I have forgotten my password. Is there anything I can do?
Preface: my question is not the typical "I have forgotten my password" question.
I am running Ubuntu 22.04
I have forgotten the password to both my administrative account and for hard drive ...
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Disabling linux user password prompts when accessing encrypted drives (polkit conf?)
I just created a new ext4 partition on a new drive and decided to use LUKS to encrypt it. I entered a password to use for encryption and the partition was created. So far, so good.
However, I have the ...
