If someone a Unix system administrator forgets the root password ?. What will be the consequences ?. Should the OS needs to be reinstalled ?? (6 Replies)
Hi all,
This is first time I met unix in my life. I purchased old Scanning Elecron Microscope which came with 486/33MHz PC running Unix System V, ver. 3.6. The one simple user name/passw is known so I can boot and login. But can not shutdown! It asks root or su passw. I'm very sensitive not to... (6 Replies)
Hi,
My root password for mysql has some problem as it dosent allow me to login....
all commands to reset it failed. so I removed mysql
yum remove mysql
and installed it by
yum install mysql mysql-devel mysql-server
and it installed fine
I gave chkconfig --levels 235 mysqld on... (1 Reply)
I've come across this question during interview as Sys Adm.
"How you reset lost root/superuser password on x86 system running solaris (8/9/10) which remotely located. (Not locally in front of you)"
As much as I know, you must be physically in front of the server to reset the lost... (4 Replies)
How to change the ldap root password.
I have generated the password by using "slappasswd " command, but In my root machine "/etc/ldap/sldap.d" file is not there. instead of the file sldap.d directory only is there. please help me...? (0 Replies)
I need some help with Fedora. I am trying to reset the root password. When I tried to login I was not able to. I kept getting the authentication failure message. I got the password reset success message.
passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.
I then thought maybe the root... (6 Replies)
Hi All,
I'm stuck in a severe problem here , Someone have changed the root password
and he cannot remember it and there is no other user privileged user on the system , But I do have access to a non privileged user.
On the top of the system an application which requires a theoretical ... (5 Replies)
Hello, I have two old Solaris machines
$ uname -a
SunOS unknown 5.8 Generic_117350-39 sun4u sparc SUNW,UltraAX-e2
unfortunately, it has been so long ago that i have used these that the root password has left my head...
i can log into one of the machine as a normal user, but am unable to... (4 Replies)
Hi ,
I ve a question about the Linux system root password change.
Which can be done using grub menu without inputting the old password.:confused:
So If anybody can change the root password without any password and then how it is secure. Anybody can manipulate the other user using the... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: pradyumnajpn10
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
cvm-mysql
cvm-mysql(8) System Manager's Manual cvm-mysql(8)NAME
cvm-mysql - MySQL module
SYNOPSIS
cvm-mysql
CREDENTIALS
Pass phrase
DESCRIPTION
This module queries a MySQL database for the account name, compares the stored pass phrase with the given one using crypt(3).
CONFIGURATION VARIABLES
CVM_MYSQL_DEFAULT_FILE
The full path of the defaults file to read if the following variable is set. If not set, the file $HOME/.my.cnf will be read (the
MySQL default).
CVM_MYSQL_DEFAULT_GROUP
If set, the module will read connection default options from the named group in the defaults file as above
CVM_MYSQL_HOST
The hostname or IP of the MySQL server. If not set, a connection to the local host is assumed.
CVM_MYSQL_USER
The MySQL login ID to connect as. If not set, the invoking user is assumed.
CVM_MYSQL_PASS
The password for the above user.
CVM_MYSQL_DB
The database name, must be set.
CVM_MYSQL_PORT
The port number for the TCP/IP connection (only used if the server is not local).
CVM_MYSQL_POSTQ (optional)
The SQL query to execute after the credentials have been validated, see cvm-sql(7).
CVM_MYSQL_PWCMP (optional)
The password comparison module to use.
CVM_MYSQL_SOCKET
The path to the socket that should be used for connections to a local server.
CVM_MYSQL_QUERY (optional)
The SQL query to issue to retrieve the row containing the account information from the database, see cvm-sql(7).
SEE ALSO cvm-sql(7), cvm-pgsql(8), cvm-pwfile(8), cvm-qmail(8), cvm-unix(8), cvm-vmailmgr(8), cvm-benchclient(8), cvm-checkpassword(8), cvm-test-
client(8)
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cvm-mysql(8)