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Tiny Core Base => TCB Q&A Forum => Topic started by: baz on February 26, 2010, 04:55:48 PM

Title: Can someone please outline the exact steps to force a password in MicroCore
Post by: baz on February 26, 2010, 04:55:48 PM

This does not work:

1. Install fresh MicroCore
2. Add bootcodes "noautologin" and "secure"
3. Reboot
4. Provide TC and ROOT passwords
5. chpasswd the TC and ROOT passwords
6. add etc/shadow to .filetool.lst
7. Reboot

Password is still not required.

Title: Re: Can someone please outline the exact steps to force a password in MicroCore
Post by: danielibarnes on February 26, 2010, 05:06:21 PM

You need to make a backup (http://wiki.tinycorelinux.com/tiki-index.php?page=Backup) before rebooting. I'll add that to the security wiki.

Title: Re: Can someone please outline the exact steps to force a password in MicroCore
Post by: baz on February 26, 2010, 05:07:46 PM

Is it required to chpasswd too? I don't *think* that was in the wiki either...

Title: Re: Can someone please outline the exact steps to force a password in MicroCore
Post by: moB on February 27, 2010, 04:18:14 AM

Quote from: danielibarnes on February 26, 2010, 05:06:21 PM

You need to make a backup (http://wiki.tinycorelinux.com/tiki-index.php?page=Backup) before rebooting. I'll add that to the security wiki.

Selecting backup option at shutdown enough, or does the user need to make a backup "manually"?

b.

"not too late is it, even now"
Moby-Dick

Title: Re: Can someone please outline the exact steps to force a password in MicroCore
Post by: alu on February 27, 2010, 04:44:02 AM

in /opt/.filetool.lst, you need to have


etc/gshadow
etc/passwd
etc/shadow
etc/shadow-

Title: Re: Can someone please outline the exact steps to force a password in MicroCore
Post by: gerald_clark on February 27, 2010, 12:01:59 PM

etc/passwd
etc/group
etc/shadow
etc/gshadow

Title: Re: Can someone please outline the exact steps to force a password in MicroCore
Post by: moB on February 28, 2010, 12:39:35 AM

Many thanks for that!

I learn -- it is good. Certainly will need this one day.

b