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Re: Update required for Debathena on arecatree.mit.edu

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Louis D Braida)
Thu Apr 22 16:41:40 2010

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:40:33 -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 did not try that. I will try it and let you know the results.

   Thanks.

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 -
>    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,
>>
>> =A0I used my Kerberos password to try to log in as administrative user.
>>
>> =A0I 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 -
>>> =A0 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> wrot=
e:
>>>>
>>>> Geoffrey,
>>>>
>>>> =A0I only have one password, My Kerberos password. I use it for all lo=
gins
>>>> and doubt that Ubuntu knows about it.
>>>>
>>>> =A0I am not sure who actually set up the Ubuntu system on ARECATREE. I=
t
>>>> 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 (t=
he
>>>>> 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 accoun=
t.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> 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 d=
own
>>>>>>> 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 20=
10.
>>>>>>> This means that your workstation will no longer receive security
>>>>>>> updates or bugfixes, so we recommend you upgrade your workstation t=
o
>>>>>>> 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 limitat=
ion
>>>>>>> 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 t=
he
>>>>>>> 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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