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Re: Update required for Debathena on arecatree.mit.edu
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Louis D Braida)
Thu Apr 22 14:47:31 2010
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:47:23 -0400 (EDT)
From: Louis D Braida <ldbraida@MIT.EDU>
To: Geoffrey Thomas <geofft@MIT.EDU>
cc: IS&T Athena Release Team <release-team@MIT.EDU>, timv@MIT.EDU
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Geoffrey,
I only have one password, My Kerberos password. I use it for all logins
and doubt that Ubuntu knows about it.
I am not sure who actually set up the Ubuntu system on ARECATREE. It
may have been Michael R Morris-Pearce. Might he know the passwords?
Louis D. Braida
36-747
MIT
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-253-2575
ldbraida@mit.edu
On Thu, 22 Apr 2010, Geoffrey Thomas wrote:
> 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
>>>
>>
>
