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Offline jls

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user=me what's the password?
« on: May 06, 2012, 02:37:57 PM »
Hi
If I boot with user=me what's the password?
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Offline coreplayer2

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Re: user=me what's the password?
« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2012, 02:39:50 PM »
Now there is a puzzle  :P

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Re: user=me what's the password?
« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2012, 02:40:43 PM »
What ever you set it to and save.

Offline jls

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Re: user=me what's the password?
« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2012, 02:42:49 PM »
I haven't set any password
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Re: user=me what's the password?
« Reply #4 on: May 06, 2012, 02:43:28 PM »
Does user 'me' exists?
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Re: user=me what's the password?
« Reply #5 on: May 06, 2012, 02:48:09 PM »
If you have not set one, you don't have one.
This is pretty basic Linux stuff.
sudo passwd me

Then add the following to /opt/.filetool.lst
etc/passwd
etc/shadow
etc/group
etc/gpasswd

then
backup

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Re: user=me what's the password?
« Reply #6 on: May 06, 2012, 03:01:54 PM »
the answer is tcuser as indicated now in the tc irc channel by user _html
http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,9565.msg52134.html#msg52134
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Re: user=me what's the password?
« Reply #7 on: May 06, 2012, 05:47:20 PM »
can anyone please tell me if there
is there a way to disable the user= bootcode?

it seems to me that this isn't very secure.

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Offline coreplayer2

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Re: user=me what's the password?
« Reply #8 on: May 06, 2012, 06:30:20 PM »
You would think that anyone who has access to the boot codes has access to breach any security on the machine, no...?

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Re: user=me what's the password?
« Reply #9 on: May 06, 2012, 07:57:46 PM »
I run off a usb drive.

I'd like to ensure (as much as possible) that if I lose my flash drive, that my data is not compromised.

And yes,  big brother has been with us for a while.
He's only getting bigger.
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Re: user=me what's the password?
« Reply #10 on: May 06, 2012, 10:10:33 PM »
Hi solorin
Then encrypt the contents of your drive, and please don't hijack jls_legalizes thread.

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Re: user=me what's the password?
« Reply #11 on: May 06, 2012, 10:22:53 PM »
Apologies for hijacking your thread, jls_legalize.
« Last Edit: May 06, 2012, 10:41:30 PM by solorin »
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