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Re: Update required for Debathena on arecatree.mit.edu
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Louis D Braida)
Thu Apr 22 16:36:21 2010
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:36:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: Louis D Braida <ldbraida@MIT.EDU>
To: Evan Broder <broder@MIT.EDU>
cc: Geoffrey Thomas <geofft@MIT.EDU>,
IS&T Athena Release Team <release-team@MIT.EDU>, timv@MIT.EDU
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Evan,
I used my Kerberos password to try to log in as administrative user.
I was not able to log in.
Louis D. Braida
36-747
MIT
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-253-2575
ldbraida@mit.edu
On Thu, 22 Apr 2010, Evan Broder wrote:
> Prof. Braida -
> Because of the way that Debathena configures your Ubuntu system,
> it should accept your Kerberos password and verify it against the MIT
> Kerberos servers.
>
> Please try using your Kerberos password, and let us know if that doesn't =
work.
>
> - Evan
>
> On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Louis D Braida <ldbraida@mit.edu> wrote:
>>
>> Geoffrey,
>>
>> =A0I only have one password, My Kerberos password. I use it for all logi=
ns
>> and doubt that Ubuntu knows about it.
>>
>> =A0I 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 acco=
unts,
>>> and the password for that account is what Ubuntu is requesting for Upda=
te
>>> Manager and other administrative tasks through the GUI. The password fo=
r 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 dow=
n
>>>>> 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=
=2E
>>>>> 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 limitatio=
n
>>>>> 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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