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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:37:26 -0400 (EDT) From: Geoffrey Thomas <geofft@MIT.EDU> To: Louis D Braida <ldbraida@mit.edu> cc: IS&T Athena Release Team <release-team@mit.edu>, timv@mit.edu In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64L.1004221139100.28352@gimli.mit.edu> Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.10.1004221333300.6607@dr-wily.mit.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Hi Prof. Braida, The way that Ubuntu is usually set up is that a couple of accounts (the first account created, and possibly some others) are administrator accounts, and the password for that account is what Ubuntu is requesting for Update Manager and other administrative tasks through the GUI. The password for the "root" account is not often relevant. So, try using the same password that you use to log in to your account. -- Geoffrey Thomas Debathena developer IS&T Athena Release Team release-team@mit.edu On Thu, 22 Apr 2010, Louis D Braida wrote: > > Installing the updates requires knowing the password for the "Update > Manager", the password required to perform administrative tasks. > > We changed the root password on the machine (ARECATREE.MIT.EDU) but > are not aware of the "Update Manager" password. > > Can you supply the "Update manager' password to us? > > Thanks. > > Louis D. Braida > 36-747 > MIT > Cambridge, MA 02139 > 617-253-2575 > ldbraida@mit.edu > > > On Thu, 1 Apr 2010, Jonathan Reed wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> You are receiving this e-mail because you are listed as the Moira >> contact (or the FSILG network contact, if we were unable to track down >> an owner for the machine) for arecatree.mit.edu. This machine is >> currently running debathena-workstation on Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid). >> Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid) will be desupported by Ubuntu on April 30 2010. >> This means that your workstation will no longer receive security >> updates or bugfixes, so we recommend you upgrade your workstation to >> Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) as soon as possible. This upgrade must be >> performed no later than April 30 2010 -- after that time, it will >> become _impossible_ to upgrade your workstation. (This is a limitation >> imposed by Ubuntu, and unfortunately IS&T has no control over this.) >> >> Instructions on upgrading your workstation can be found at: >> http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/x/TgVa >> >> As with any software installation or upgrade, we recommend that you >> have a recent backup of your locally-stored data before beginning the >> upgrade process. >> >> If you have any questions, don't hesitate to send e-mail to >> debathena@mit.edu. >> >> Sincerely, >> >> Jonathan Reed >> >> IS&T Athena Release Team >> >> release-team@mit.edu >> >
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