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jrg

11:00 PM

yeah

open a terminal, run passwd

follow the prompts, you're done

George Edison

@MarcoCeppi: paste.ubuntu.com/745447

How's that?

jrg

reads cleanly, unlike 8999% of the PHP i've read. :P

Gigili

@jrg Thank you for your reply, I got this error:

passwd: Authentication token manipulation error

jrg

ouch. i think you screwed up your /etc/passwd list there...

but i'm not sure

try asking on the site, i'm sure someone can help.

Bruno Pereira

think there are 2 or more already with that content

jrg

11:04 PM

2

A: Getting error when trying to change my user password

If you insert the wrong passwd $ passwd Changing password for rinzwind. (current) UNIX password: passwd: Authentication token manipulation error passwd: password unchanged you get this error. If you are sure to have inserted the correct one this error might also show up if you are using shado...

Gigili

@jrg Thank you.

jrg

4

Q: I broke logins to my server by fiddling with /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow

I am running an Ubuntu Server (with ebox/zentyal installed). I believe it uses a combination of LDAP users and local users but I currently cannot login (through ssh) with any of them. I was trying to fix a user problem on another box I was playing around with and accidentally pasted the followin...

Gigili

Problem solved, Thank you for your time @jrg

Bruno Pereira

ah, jrg beaten me on looking for them... too slow :(

jrg

@Gigili yay! :)

glad to help.

Gigili

11:07 PM

@BrunoPereira Thank you ;)

Bruno Pereira

If you reach a goal (lets say 10k) and give away 5000 rep on bounties for other ppl's questions and you are back at 5000k do you also loose the privileges on the way?

jrg

@BrunoPereira yup

Bruno Pereira

must reach 15k fist then

jrg

@iglvzx does fossfreedom's answer work for you?

TheX

klajdf;lajsdfkljasd;f'

wisemonkey

11:14 PM

ok...

@TheX i see.

6-09y] oreyh

how interesting. :P

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

brb

11:16 PM

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Oh sorry... got a little excited.

wisemonkey

too much alcohol or caffeine or maybe coco? I don't wanna list other stuff :P

Oli

@BrunoPereira I thought you kept your privileges.

TheX

hot coco!

for real...

that is all I have consumed... that and a bottle of water...

Bruno Pereira

@oli that would be nice, will test on next privilege I get ;)

Oli

It's not the case, I'm afraid: askubuntu.com/privileges/set-bounties

"If your new reputation brings you below the requirement for any privileges, you will lose access to those privileges."

TheX

11:20 PM

nbpa.com

wisemonkey

@TheX: lol u can't hold ur coco :P

TheX

LOLZ inside link!

Bruno Pereira

0

Q: Charm parameters configured at deployment

I am creating a juju charm that need to have parameters passed to the configuration upon deployment. I have looked around and I know you can use juju deploy <charm> --config="key:value;key2:value2" but I cannot figure out where do those fit in to while creating the charm it self. How can ...

juju

TheX

@wisemonkey :-(

wisemonkey

wow that means u can't get those privileges again no matter wat ur rep is ?? :-o

Oli

11:21 PM

@wisemonkey No, it means you won't get those privs back until you meet the requirements again.

wisemonkey

ohh well not very bad in that case

TheX

errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.........................

hi.

jrg

@Oli yeah, i lost my 2K privs when i had a rep recalc.

so, you don't keep them.

Bruno Pereira

"rep recalc" < scary

jrg

eek, fedora wants a root password. :P

why can't I just have a sudo'er?!

shudders, sets it to his normal password

George Edison

11:26 PM

How did this answer get an upvote?

Bruno Pereira

@jrg you will be able to use both

jrg

@BrunoPereira i know.

it's just the thought of having a root password makes me want to kill kittens for some reason. :P

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Bounty offered: How to change the login (gdm) font and font-size? http://t.co/x21aL2k1 #fonts

Tweeted by StackUbuntu on November 21, 2011 at 11:20 PM

Bruno Pereira

got root? would not sell t-shirts then!

I mean, you need to admit got root? sounds better than got sudo?

jrg

hm, fedora with gnome shell seems ligher on the RAM than ubuntu with shell...

@BrunoPereira lol yeah

fedora's installer is ugly.

TheX

11:29 PM

@GeorgeEdison I will tell you how! Someone clicked on the upvote button!

@jrg how dare you!

jrg

ooohh......... they let you set a bootloader password. that could be handy

@TheX how dare i what?!

TheX

call me ugly!

jrg

you're not fedoras installer Anaconda, are you?

TheX

Oh....I guess not...

Can i be?

Bruno Pereira

@jrg I can still drug you, steal your disk, rip your data, put it back and be on time to have breakfast as nothing happened!

jrg

11:31 PM

ok then, you're still pretty. :P

@BrunoPereira ssssshhhhh.... not so loud. ;)

TheX

I would like Pizza for breakfast...

jrg

the installer seems faster.

Bruno Pereira

@jrg you w8!

jrg

what is it about Ubuntu that makes it so slow all the time?!

Bruno Pereira

report back in 1 hour plz and let us know if you are still happy

TheX

11:32 PM

I might be ugly but at least I am functional!

I think....

jrg

@BrunoPereira ok, well, i won't be here in an hour. Two?

TheX

Where you going?

Bruno Pereira

< testing xubuntu jaw dropping

jrg

for clarification: i'm only installing fedora because an open source project i <3 needs a hand with fedora testing. :P (and i'm curious)

@BrunoPereira like it so far?

Bruno Pereira

@jrg just saying, if its finished in the next 45 mins I would think you have the fastest computer on earth

jrg

11:33 PM

xubuntu is beast. :D

Bruno Pereira

@jrg (xubu) holy mother of Christ yeah

jrg

@BrunoPereira hm, it's almost done (i think)

TheX

Xubuntu eats tacos compared to taco bell...

<---- isn't sure what he means by that...

jrg

@BrunoPereira hehe :D

Bruno Pereira

@jrg Oo really surprised

jrg

11:36 PM

current install wait time: 13 minutes.

and now i'm going to go eat dinner, so if it's done by the time i get back, it'll be about a 30 minute install.

TheX

What are you installing?

jrg

fedora.

TheX

Oh...

I have that installed on my other half of my hard drive...

iglvzx

@jrg Yes. Their answer worked perfectly, and was accepted.

jrg

@iglvzx alrighty, bounty will be awarded shortly.

Bruno Pereira

11:39 PM

0

Q: Differences Between 10.04 and 11.10

I have no experience with Linux. I bought a book (Beginner's Guide) but it is for 10.04. Should I download 10.04 so it matches the book or use 11.10 with the book, assuming they are pretty similar?

11.10 10.04

jrg

not sure that is a real question.

Bruno Pereira

someone actually used interwebs in an answer

jrg

@BrunoPereira install complete.

TheX

@BrunoPereira it could have a real answer if someone put forth the effort...

Bruno Pereira

@jrg must contain hate for ppl that have faster computers then me

jrg

11:41 PM

I started it here - chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/2495324#2495324 and ended here - chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/2495531#2495531 (so about 15 minutes) - machine specs are 1GB ram, 1.6GHZ CPU. :P

TheX

@jrg I think it took about 8 mins for me to install fedora...

Bruno Pereira

@TheX agreed, bu what to comment on that answer? fow xizlee bro?

jrg

reboots, prays it worked

TheX

@jrg wait...

I think fedora has a 7 day waiting period before it will let you actually boot into it!

Bruno Pereira

dam it, we were gona tell you not to reboot or all your data would be lost!

2 late!

TheX

11:43 PM

Oh well he will find out in about 3 mins...

Bruno Pereira

lol

TheX

the amount of his MIA time is making me nervous...

George Edison

@JorgeCastro: Except for the SMTP issue, the charm is now done.

What would you like me to do next?

TheX

@GeorgeEdison take a 10 min break

George Edison

Lol.

I've got to fix StackApplet now.

TheX

11:50 PM

let me guess your not capable?

George Edison

Of what?

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