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Re: Update required for Debathena on arecatree.mit.edu
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Evan Broder)
Thu Apr 22 16:37:32 2010
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From: Evan Broder <broder@MIT.EDU>
To: Louis D Braida <ldbraida@mit.edu>
Cc: Geoffrey Thomas <geofft@mit.edu>,
"IS&T Athena Release Team" <release-team@mit.edu>, timv@mit.edu
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Prof. Braida -
Just to be clear, you should be able to login as *yourself* (i.e.
ldbraida), use your Kerberos password, then open the Update Manager,
and give it your Kerberos password as well. Is that what you tried?
Thanks,
- Evan
On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Louis D Braida <ldbraida@mit.edu> wrote:
>
> 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,
>>>
>>> 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
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>
