OT: What is fusebulk filesystem? ntpass fails to reset windows password :(
by Antonio Olivares
Dear all,
A Lenovo Laptop running Windows Vista locked out the teacher who was issued the computer at school. The teacher forgot the password. I have successfully used the SystemRescue CD http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page with the utitlity ntpass many times. This time, it failed. I also tried the cd from http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ which is the same. The laptop locked the teacher out and he could not login. I told them it was a snap and boy was I wrong. The cd locates the users and apparently all looks good and when we reboot we try with a blank password and we cannot log on. Trying other livecd's also gets us nowhere. There apparently is some garbage on the C:\Windows\system\system32 directory that prevents the ntpasswd from doing its job. When viewing the filesystem which should be NTFS, the programs accessing the drive report that the fs is fusebulk. I have not heard about fusebulk filesystem.
There has to be some sort of encryption on the drive to prevent the password blank from working.
Does anyone have any other tools that can reset the password in such a case?
Is the only solution to reformat and reinstall?
All Comments/Suggestions welcome.
TIA,
Antonio
15 years, 8 months
Periodic Fedora 9 system hangs with jumpy mouse
by Deron Meranda
I have reinstalled Fedora 9 (not an upgrade) onto a system that used
to run F7 fine
(except for a new video card, see below).
Now I am seeing intermittent system hangs or lockups; probably about 2
or 3 per day.
This happens most often if I'm scrolling a page in Firefox with the
mouse wheel, but
it has happened a few other times too. Usually when this happens I'm
doing very little
other than viewing a webpage or typing at the terminal shell. No
music or video is playing;
screen saver is not running. Usually the only major apps in use when
this happens
are Firefox, Thunderbird, terminals, and emacs. I have not enabled
any of the Gnome
desktop effects.
When the system hangs, the mouse cursor will continue to move, but it
is very jumpy
and sluggish. But otherwise the system is completely unresponsive
(not just slow).
Nothing visible on the screen updates at all, mouse clicks are not
registered, keyboard
input does nothing. I can not even switch out to a console window, or
any of the
ctrl+alt sequences. The only thing I can do is to do a hard power-off
and reboot.
When the system comes back up I can not find any information about what may
have happened. Log files just go silent at the instant the hang occurs.
All F9 updates are applied. Running kernel 2.6.25.6-55.fc9.i686. No custom
drivers or packages, and very little customization...mainly
out-of-the-box Fedora.
This system is a Dell Optiplex GX270 (4-5 yrs old) with a Pentium 4 3GHz cpu
with hyperthreading enabled, 1 MB ram. I am using LVM and LUKS encryption
on the swap and /home.
The only hardware change in the system was replacing my old PCI graphics
card (Matrox Millenium II) with a brand new ATI Stealth X1050 AGP. This was
necessary because the F9 graphical install was unusable; as the old card only
had VGA output and the installer's X11 could not properly auto-detect the LCD
widescreen monitor and was trying to drive it at too high a frequency. I needed
to have DVI output for the F9 graphical install to work; so I had to get a new
video card.
Does anybody have any ideas what might be happening; and is there anything
I can do to help diagnose this problem or obtain more information that may
be useful?
--
Deron Meranda
15 years, 9 months
F8 All multi media is TRIPLE SPEED!
by Nat Gross
Running Fedora 8 32 bit on an Intel 1.6ghz. (This box has run Fedora
since FC Test 3.) (Latest yum updates.)
About 2 weeks ago, my sound/video system started playing back
everything at double-triple speed!
Actually video seems like double speed but audio is like 3-4x!
Over the time in years from FC3, 4, 5, 6, 8, there have been various
multimedia engines installed on this box.
I have no idea where to start!
Any idea please?
Thanks
nat
15 years, 9 months
Selinux and awstats
by Claude Jones
I once had awstats on this machine, but it's been long ago
removed. I've had a persistent flood of error messages ever since
that I can't seem to find the cause of. They look like this:
/etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts: Multiple
different specifications for /var/lib/awstats(/.*)?
(system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_script_rw_t:s0 and
system_u:object_r:awstats_var_lib_t:s0).
/etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts: Multiple
different specifications for /usr/share/awstats/wwwroot/cgi-
bin(/.*)? (system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_script_exec_t:s0 and
system_u:object_r:httpd_awstats_script_exec_t:s0).
When booting up, I can get a whole screenful of these things.
Every time I run smartpm, I get them. I've tried editing
references to awstats out of the indicated files, which seems to
work briefly, but then the messages return.
--
Claude Jones
15 years, 9 months
vstpd.conf
by dhottinger＠harrisonburg.k12.va.us
Im having a devil of a time getting vsftpd configured for auth. with
an ldap backend on Fedora Core 5. I keep getting a 530 530 Login
incorrect.
Unable to make a connection. Please try again.
The server has a username incorrect message.
Anonymous works fine. I have standard vsftpd.conf here is the snippet:
anonymous_enable=No
#
# Uncomment this to allow local users to log in.
local_enable=YES
#
# Uncomment this to enable any form of FTP write command.
write_enable=YES
#
# Default umask for local users is 077. You may wish to change this to 022,
# if your users expect that (022 is used by most other ftpd's)
local_umask=022
#
# Uncomment this to allow the anonymous FTP user to upload files. This only
# has an effect if the above global write enable is activated. Also, you will
# obviously need to create a directory writable by the FTP user.
#anon_upload_enable=YES
#
# Uncomment this if you want the anonymous FTP user to be able to create
# new directories.
#anon_mkdir_write_enable=YES
#
# Activate directory messages - messages given to remote users when they
# go into a certain directory.
dirmessage_enable=YES
#
# Activate logging of uploads/downloads.
xferlog_enable=YES
ascii_upload_enable=YES
ascii_download_enable=YES
#
# You may fully customise the login banner string:
#ftpd_banner=Welcome to blah FTP service.
#
# You may specify a file of disallowed anonymous e-mail addresses. Apparently
# useful for combatting certain DoS attacks.
#deny_email_enable=YES
# (default follows)
#banned_email_file=/etc/vsftpd.banned_emails
#
# You may specify an explicit list of local users to chroot() to their home
# directory. If chroot_local_user is YES, then this list becomes a list of
# users to NOT chroot().
chroot_local_user=YES
#chroot_list_enable=YES
# (default follows)
#chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd.chroot_list
#
# You may activate the "-R" option to the builtin ls. This is disabled by
# default to avoid remote users being able to cause excessive I/O on large
# sites. However, some broken FTP clients such as "ncftp" and "mirror" assume
# the presence of the "-R" option, so there is a strong case for enabling it.
ls_recurse_enable=YES
pam_service_name=vsftp
userlist_enable=YES
#enable for standalone mode
listen=YES
tcp_wrappers=YES
User authentication is against an ldap server. That seems to be
working fine. AFP users can connect ok. I read about an issue with
the pam module, but that doesnt seem to be the case. I keep beating
this thing around and around with no joy so far.
--
Dwayne Hottinger
Network Administrator
Harrisonburg City Public Schools
15 years, 9 months
RE: fglrx, FC8 and BUG: soft lockup - CPU#1 stuck for 11s
by Jack Howarth
I tried downgrading the fglrx drivers on the problem
x86_64 fedora 8 box by installing the source rpm for
fglrx-kmod-8.476-1.8.04.lvn8.src.rpm and building the
kmod-fglrx packages against the current kernel
(2.6.24.5-85.fc8). While the fglrx 8.476 drivers worked
fine against the 2.6.24.4-64 kernel (which I can no
longer find to download), the current kernel still
has the black screen and reboots against these
drivers. Does anyone know if an archive for the older
fedora kernel updates so I can regress back to the
2.6.24.4-64 kernel until this issue is fixed?
Jack
15 years, 9 months
pptp tunnel mss clamping
by William John Murray
Hi all,
I am having big trouble with a pptp tunnel from a home network to
work. I need to prevent large frames coming back through the tunnel.
For years I used this in the firewall/nat iptables setup:
iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp --tcp-flags SYN,RST SYN -j TCPMSS --set-mss 1100
but something, (upgrading F7 to F9, I think) has stopped it working. I
have been
trying lots of examples of the WWW and have no luck. Does anyone know what
changed - or even which table I should be applying this to?
Also, it is hard to debug as wireshark does not receive the large frame
which
brings down the tunnel. Is there an easy way to generate arbitrary
sized frames?
Thanks for any help.
Ps: My rules:. Rather guessed at...
[root@base sbin]# /sbin/iptables -L
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere
ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere
REJECT udp -- anywhere anywhere udp
dpt:bootps reject-with icmp-port-unreachable
REJECT udp -- anywhere anywhere udp
dpt:domain reject-with icmp-port-unreachable
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:ssh
DROP tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp
dpts:spr-itunes:1023
DROP udp -- anywhere anywhere udp
dpts:0:1023
Chain FORWARD (policy DROP)
target prot opt source destination
DROP all -- anywhere 168.254.0.0/16
ACCEPT all -- 168.254.0.0/16 anywhere
ACCEPT all -- anywhere 168.254.0.0/16
Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
Chain RH-Firewall-1-INPUT (0 references)
target prot opt source destination
15 years, 9 months
F8 and a GPS -
by Bob Goodwin
I have a Magellan 3100 GPS device that came with a USB cable and a
collection of Windows software on a CD.
Is there an application for F8 that will permit me to communicate with
it. At first I thought I would just plug it in and extract coordinate
information for my present position but it's not that easy.
It would be even more convenient if I could list a destination address
from the computer keyboard instead of using the little touch screen
which doesn't really seem designed for normal human sized finger tips.
It does show up on my XFCE desk top when plugged in and I can list some
files, none of which seem to be usable in Linux.
Can I do anything with it via Linux?
Bob
15 years, 9 months
problem with Dolphin
by Germán Racca
Hi, I'm new in this mailing-list. I'm Argentinian, so my English is
not very good.
I have a problem with Dolphin, it doesn't start. Somebody can help me?
The message is the following:
[german@aquarius ~]$ dolphin &
[1] 3507
[german@aquarius ~]$ dolphin(3508)/kdecore (KConfigSkeleton)
KCoreConfigSkeleton::KCoreConfigSkeleton: Creating KCoreConfigSkeleton
( 0x9c52f80 )
dolphin(3508)/kdecore (KConfigSkeleton)
KCoreConfigSkeleton::KCoreConfigSkeleton: Creating KCoreConfigSkeleton
( 0x9c6a340 )
dolphin(3508)/kdecore (KConfigSkeleton)
KCoreConfigSkeleton::KCoreConfigSkeleton: Creating KCoreConfigSkeleton
( 0x9c84250 )
dolphin(3508)/kdecore (KConfigSkeleton)
KCoreConfigSkeleton::KCoreConfigSkeleton: Creating KCoreConfigSkeleton
( 0x9c703d8 )
dolphin(3508)/kio (KDirWatch) KDirWatchPrivate::KDirWatchPrivate:
Available methods: ("Stat", "FAM", "INotify")
dolphin(3508)/kio (KDirWatch) KDirWatchPrivate::addEntry: Added File
"/home/german/.local/share//user-places.xbel" NotExisting for ""
["KDirWatch-1"]
dolphin(3508)/kio (KDirWatch) KDirWatchPrivate::useINotify: trying to
use inotify for monitoring
dolphin(3508)/kio (KDirWatch) KDirWatchPrivate::addEntry: Added Dir
"/home/german/.local/share" for
"/home/german/.local/share//user-places.xbel" [""]
dolphin(3508)/kio (KDirWatch) KDirWatchPrivate::useINotify: trying to
use inotify for monitoring
dolphin(3508)/kio (KDirWatch) KDirWatchPrivate::useINotify: inotify
successfully used for monitoring
dolphin(3508)/kio (bookmarks) KBookmarkManager::KBookmarkManager:
starting KDirWatch for "/home/german/.local/share//user-places.xbel"
dolphin(3508)/kdecore (KSycoca) KSycocaPrivate::openDatabase: Trying
to open ksycoca from "/var/tmp/kdecache-german/ksycoca4"
dolphin(3508)/kio (KDirListerCache) KDirListerCache::listDir:
KDirLister(0x9c8ee10) url= KUrl("trash:/") keep= false reload=false
dolphin(3508)/kio (KDirListerCache) KDirListerCache::listDir: Listing
directory: KUrl("trash:/")
dolphin: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libnepomuk.so.4: undefined
symbol: _ZN7Soprano6Client17LocalSocketClientC1EP7QObject
<unknown program name>(3507)/: Communication problem with "dolphin" ,
it probably crashed.
Error message was: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply" : " "Message
did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus)" "
[1]+ Exit 255 dolphin
--
Germán A. Racca
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais - INPE
Divisão de Astrofísica - DAS/CEA
São José dos Campos - SP - Brasil
--
TEL: 55 12 3945-7209
FAX: 55 12 3945-6811
--
http://funk.on.br/racca
15 years, 9 months
How to change the F9 gnome login user list
by Kayvan A. Sylvan
Hi everyone,
Anyone have any ideas for how I can do either of the following:
1) scrap the user list presented on GDM login and instead use the
simple text box login (User: box, and a Password: box).
2) Failing that, make GDM ignore most of the users, only showing
a few of the possible choices.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
---Kayvan
15 years, 9 months
