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How to deal with special characters in linux passwords
I am running the following command:
echo 'my!#%^password' | sudo -S bash -c 'useradd -m -s /usr/sbin/nologin -p $(echo my!#%^password | openssl passwd -1 -stdin) george'
The issue I am having is the ...
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How to pass passwords in echo command?
I need to run a simple while loop as below and run a command recursively.
Ex :
while true; do echo command; sleep 10; done
But to execute command, I need to enter couple of passwords once after ...
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linux mint 17 root password recover
I got an old x86 laptop with Linux Mint 17 installed. However, I do not have any decent passwords for either root or user accounts.
I have already done steps explained at https://www.tecmint.com/reset-...
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Load key invalid format to connect ssh server
I'm having problems setting an auto-login using ssh, I tried some things that I have seen there but none of them worked for me.
I have my .ssh/config with the host as,
Host hostname
User ...
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Docker Compose - How to handle credentials securely?
I have been trying to understand how to handle credentials (e.g. database passwords) with Docker Compose (on Linux/Ubuntu) in a secure but not overly complicated way. I have not yet been able to find ...
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How to set a password for all users (Bash Linux)
how do I set a single password for all users in a Linux system? For example, how will I set a password, x, so that it's the password of all users in the system?
I was thinking of a for loop that ...
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"echo password | sudo -S" with exclamation mark
What I want to do is
$ echo password!p | sudo -S [command]
in a linux terminal (in my case, ubuntu20.04). If you type it as it is, the exclamation mark will refer to the history of the command line, ...
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How to validate the password of a user without using shadow.h in linux in C(++)
I have a project in C++ (https://ari-web.xyz/gh/kos) and
it's like sudo but in C++ and doesn't use PAM, I want it
to keep it this way but is there a way to validate the
password of a user without ...
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Bash Password validator
I have stuck with my bash code. and needed some help.
I trying to write bash code that :
Length – minimum of 10 characters.
Contain both alphabet and number.
Include both the small and capital case ...
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How to add Multiple user acccount with check and SSH key using Bash script
Based on my requirement in my dev server, I have Created a Linux function that will create a dev user,(Take the user's first name and create a Linux user )
we have a devs group in our developer server,...
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Linux hydra command - cracking a simple password [closed]
I am trying to write a linux command to get into a Wix website I have created and put a password on. I have created the webpage to specifically show my students how easy it is for a hacker to crack a ...
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How to view or reset root password on google compute VM
I have a Google VM on Linux OS. I only have console user access to a normal user
When I try to change the OS login to root using the command "su -", the last password I remember is not ...
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Authentication token manipulation error when trying to change use password in dockerfile
I am trying to change a password for a user I am creating during the run of a dockerfile:
RUN groupadd --system ${UNAME} --gid ${UID} && \
useradd --uid ${UID} --system --gid ${UNAME} --...
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bash: colored output do not stop
I'm writing a password validator and after all the tests I need to give an answer to the user if the password is valid or not.
If it is valid I will write the password in green color
If it is NOT ...
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Bash: How to find a specific char in a string
I have the assignment to write a bash script to validate password strength and one of the requirements is:
Include both the small and capital case letters.
The Password variable is the input, of ...