Password question.

[Steven Vollom]

Eberhard Roloff wrote:
> Steven Vollom wrote:
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>>> ciao bello
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>>> Eberhard
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>> First, how does Bello translate?  
>>     
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> The italians quite often say "ciao bella", meaning goodbye gorgeous 
> girl. bello is the male form of bella.
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> Then, I wish I had a brain.  I still
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>> am not sure what I am instructed.
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>> You understand that I want security.  Do you understand that the only 
>> reason I don't want to have to type my password for a Root terminal is 
>> because of my physical deformity, a shorter finger that causes errors?
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> sure I understand. Then, why on earth do you want to type a password at all?
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> open a terminal and then "sudo -i" does it all for you.
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>> I want it difficult for someone to break into my machine, but I don't 
>> want so much security once in, when I am protected by the entry.
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> Very good. Then simply change your user password to something more 
> secure which you remember and you are done.
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>> And still, I don't want it so easy to enter Root, because of my 
>> inexperience and stupidity which can cause me to error.  My choice for 
>> solution being to have two choices, when I need to use a terminal.  *One 
>> choice, Shell.... One choice, Root Shell, without the requirement to 
>> type in a password*.  That way I will know to be super careful when in 
>> Root, because one will be configured with white print over a black 
>> background and one the reverse coloring; it will be obvious if I open 
>> the wrong Shell.
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> KDE 3.x should have anything that you need for this.
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>> Back in Feisty, I seem to recall that the Root Shell that was provided 
>> on the Kmenu was black print over a cream colored background.  That 
>> distinction alerted you to the fact that you were on a Root Shell.
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> In 3.x, it is still like this.
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>> If you read this email and believe this is possible, please just say it 
>> will work.  All who have explained it have left out response to that 
>> critical part.
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> It's left to you to deduct this from what I and others wrote. After all 
> it is you who decides.
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>> Once I change my Login password, Kubuntu or KDE will not me change back 
>> to an insecure password, so the only way I can get back to 'em' as a 
>> password is to reinstall the OS; that is if when I make the changes it 
>> isn't the way I have described.  
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> ???? Imho this is rubbish. YOU are the one in charge and you decide 
> which password you use.
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> I don't want to do that.  But I would
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>> rather have no security at all than have to type in the difficult 
>> password every time I want to enter Root.
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> Sure. You just enter it once. Exactly when you login as steven, once a 
> day, any day.
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>> Please forgive me for having such trouble understanding and explaining.  
>> This will be my attempt to try to explain the part I am confused about.  
>> After this I will just leave things the way they are.
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> Hm, this is not a bad idea, However when you change your "steven" 
> password to something more secure, you will not do any harm and you will 
> earn a lot of additional security.
>
> Kind regards
> Eberhard
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Eberhard,

I think I am misusing the term root.  I have been using sudo since I 
started using Kubuntu.  I have not had help until now.  Somehow I got it 
into my head that sudo and root are the same.  I still do not know the 
difference.  I now have a password that I can type without mistakes, 
very often at least.  I hate to discard my 37 digit password, because it 
probably is the most impressive thing I can remember in my old age, but 
it isn't practical with Dragon Naturally Speaking.  It is a voice 
program I used to use when using an XP OS.  Did not need my fingers.  I 
could type 170 WPM with it too.  It is the only thing I miss from Windows.

During the Password discussion, I found many mistakes in my thinking.  I 
am surprised I could operate a computer at all.

I found that I will not be able to do what I want to do.  Do you 
remember Feisty?  In Feisty, on one of Kmenu choices was the ability to 
open a Root Shell.  I may not be using the correct words, but when the 
shell opened, it was in this position at opening:  steven at Studio25~#.  
All I had to do was cut and paste an instruction and I got the desired 
result.  I sure would like that very same shell back.  It made life a 
lot easier.

Well, it's been another fun day.  I hope for you as well.

Cordially,
Steven