Questions tagged [username]
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If I typo my username when ssh-ing, is there a way to go back and change it?
When ssh-ing using putty, I sometimes mistype my username, and hit Enter before I realise my mistake. Once prompted for a password, is there a way to go back and re-enter my username rather than ...
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change default username when ssh to another pc [duplicate]
When I ssh between different pcs I can omit my username (tom) and just type
ssh pc_name
instead of
ssh tom@pc_name
I like this feature, and have got into the habit of using it.
Unfortunately, ...
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How to find username on remote computer?
I have the IP addresses of some computers on my network. Is there any command line tool like PsExec, which can take the IP Address as input and find out the username of the currently logged in user? I ...
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How can I change username in Windows 8.1?
Apparently lusrmgr.msc is not available in the Windows 8.1 version I'm using, and thus I can't change my username under the Local Users and Groups tab.
I would like to rename my user profile name so ...
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How do I stop my account name appearing in Office application title bars?
I have an Office 365 Subscription with Office 2016 installed. All of my Office Apps including Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint include my name in the application title bar, near the top right corner,...
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Firefox: how to autocomplete password but not username
I'm a part of a team testing a web application that needs to log into hundreds of test accounts every day. The password is always the same, but the usernames constantly change. I can save the password ...
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I have forgotten my user name for my mac
I have a mac-book pro and I've lost my user name to get into the computer, how can I fix this problem without taking it to our Apple agents who are soooo slow,
Thanks
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What are the specific names for the various username formats in Windows?
When windows users are prompted to enter their username, they can usually specify it in a variety of formats:
username
[email protected]
addomain\username
What are the ...
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Changing the user language on Windows7
My OS on my computer is Windows7. When I got this computer, I set my user name to a name in a non-latin language. Now I want to change it, because it causes many problems with some of the downloads. ...
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Use of screen on terminal is blocked by length of user name
I am a user of screen on terminal, but i tried to mount a screen on my Macbook and results in this warning:
$ screen
LoginName too long - sorry.
I read on web and the suggestion is change the ...
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how to configure username when creating parallels ubuntu VM
parallels desktop creates a username called 'parallels' instead of letting you choose. Is there a way to configure it?
(to avoid going through https://askubuntu.com/questions/34074/how-do-i-change-my-...
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Decrypting WPA2-Enterprise (EAP-PEAP) in Wireshark
The network packets that I want to decrypt uses username and password to log in with EAP-PEAP. Not on a captive portal. Where would I put the username when decrypting network packets. I can get the ...
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Default username and password for *.example.com
I have a bunch of dev domains that are all subdomains of example.com e.g. test1.example.com, test2.example.com etc
They all use HTTP authentication and the same username and password. Is there a way ...
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How to change user directory name in Windows 7?
Is it possible, and if yes how, to change the name of a user directory in Windows 7?
e.g. change C:\Users\Tim & Carly to C:\Users\Tim_and_Carly
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In a W10 batch file, how do I retain the current %username% when run elevated?
Sometimes in Windows 10 I want to temporarily grant administrator privileges to a Standard user, like when I'm logged in as that user and want to work without having to enter an admin user's password ...
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How to change profile folder name without rebuilding user profile from scratch?
A user at work recently got married and has requested for her domain username to be updated to reflect her married name. She uses a Windows 7 PC on a Windows 2003 domain.
I know that I can simply ...
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Rename the user profile dir name in Windows 8 to the correct username, in a silent way?
When I log for first time in Windows 8 this is my user folder:
C:\Users\Administrador.ELEKTRO-PC
The computername is appended to the username (lol), but the real username is this:
Administrador
I ...
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Took Ownership of File/Folder, but Still Couldn't Alter It
Received a "folder access denied" warning after wanting to delete a folder so I needed to change permissions on a folder. Changed it to - for example: "username (username-PC\username)". That was the "...
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How do you use a batch file to create another batch file that contains %username%
I have been trying to make a batch file using another batch file.
The file I want to make needs to contain %username% in order for it to be functional in other computers as well.
Whenever I try to do ...
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Skype 5.5 - How do I clear the "username" field so that nothing is shown when I start Skype under Windows?
For Skype 5.5 under Windows (Vista), every time I start the program the username is filled in. How do I get rid of this 'cache' such that it is completely empty every time I start the program? Or, at ...
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Auto-login with Putty.exe
I have Windows 7 running on my PC, and am using Putty.exe to connect to Red-Hat server, somewhere along the network.
Usually, I double-click the Putty.exe file, choose a session, and press 'open'.
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IIS FTP Site : Username with special chars
Using IIS 10, i want to connect to my FTP Site :
My Windows 10 is called gaia (this is the hostname).
I've created two users wich is called john, and clément
(the second on have a special char (...
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How to delete stored user names in the Logon Information Properties dropdown list
I'm using Windows XP.
In the "Stored User Names and Passwords" dialog box, under Properties, in the User Name drop down list, it shows a bunch of old server\usernames.
How can I edit that listing to ...
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grub username and password
I have a tamilnadu govt lenovo laptop which has dual OS boot (windows7 and boss gnu/linux)
In GRUB suddenly the windows 7 changed to windows vista and linux has changed to two versions.
If I try ...
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what are the user names at the end of the each line in the /etc/group file for?
I find that if I want to sign a user to certain group, just modify the group id in the /etc/passwd file.
yozloy:x:501:5:this is my own user::
It already works! why should I add the user name in the ...
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How to get rid of backslash added before user name when switching users in Windows 7?
On a computer running Windows 7 with a custom local GPO (Group Policy Object), when switching from the user to Administrator, the username has a backslash prepended to its name. Hence forth it is ...
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Are there any practical issues with choosing a username other than my real name on Windows? [closed]
As a new laptop (running Windows 8.1 Pro) is going to be delivered to me soon, I'm thinking about choosing a username different than just my first and last name. However, I'm concerned that the ...
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Changing username in netplwiz broke my password
I just used netplwiz to change my username. After doing so, I log out and went back to see if the change was visible. At that point, I see on the lock screen that it still displays the old username. ...
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get the OS X username using bash
How can I get the OS X username using bash. The one that is displayed in the Finder UI for example.
Finder UI
For me it's Clément but when I run whoami or echo $USER I got clement which is the ...
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Which user's app crashed in the Windows Event Logs?
I have an app that is crashing and leaving crash reports in the Windows Event Logs. They look something like this:
Is it possible to determine which user was running the app when it crashed? If not ...
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uid of process not in /etc/passwd
I'm building a toy system monitor for which I parse multiple files from /proc.
Among other values I parse the uid for every process from /proc/$pid/status. Later I map the process' uid to the username ...
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Chrome auto-fills password but not username on bank website
On my bank's website, direct.com, Chrome will auto-fill the password after I enter the username, but it doesn't auto-fill the username by itself.
I read in Chrome auto-fill username/passwords is ...
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no such file or directory: /Users/username/.oh-my-zsh/oh-my-zsh.sh
I am using macOS+iTerm+ZSH. I changed my home directory name and name and now I am getting an error looks like down below:
/Users/new_username/.zshrc:source:75: no such file or directory: /Users/...
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Ask for certain credentials when trying to open a file on windows [closed]
I have a file on windows 7 and what I want to do is once someone tries to open this file I want a window to appear asking for the username and password (which is not related to the windows credentials,...
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Launch Minecraft 1.7.2 From Batch File and change Username
Near the start of the year I made a series of little batch scripts allowing people to run minecraft off of their usbs and not leave anything on the computer (symlink from %appdata%/.minecraft to ./....
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How do I change the username and the userprofile path of a domain user?
I have run into an issue with a piece of software we are using where users with a single quote ' in their name is causing the application to crash. I contacted support for the application and they ...
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I'm asked for credentials for s0.2mdn.net when browsing! Why? How do I stop it?
Occasionally on my Media Center (running Windows 7) I have to download something from the internet to install. I use Internet Explorer 8 (over my normal favourite, Firefox) simply because it's there.
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Autologin on debian without deskstop environment
I want to autologin to a specific account upon booting Debian, I do not want a desktop environment for my use case and simply need to bypass the input for the username. The input method I will be ...
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Can I reach a login prompt on Windows 10?
I have a standalone machine running Windows 10 (19041) with three user accounts:
VisibleUser1 (standard user, has a password)
VisibleUser2 (standard user, no password)
HiddenUser (administrator, has ...
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Restoring Passwords in Chrome
Recent versions of Chrome have been a disaster, crashing constantly and frequently taking windows with it. I backed up everything in C:\Users\me\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data. I uninstalled ...
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In Windows 10, how to change username?
In Windows 10, how to change username for the following seemingly broken state?
I changed my user name, say from xxx to xxxy in my Windows 10 computer following the instruction in https://www....
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windows local system account whoami shows a different result than %username%
I'm learning about the "local system" account (aka "system" or SID "S-1-5-18") in Windows. This server fault answer is very helpful, but one thing I still don't understand is why the value returned ...
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Can't access Sites folder localhost/username/Sites not working El Capitan
httpd -v
Server version: Apache/2.4.18 (Unix)
Server built: Feb 20 2016 20:03:19
Mac OS El Capitan 10.11.6
I hope I am not violating rules by reposting my question I have written on stackexhange. ...
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user's hostname issue while staring a weblogic server
When login with putty with any user say 'oracle' the prompt is showing the prompt as follows:
oracle@/? instead of actual hostname like oracle@myhostwhich is why I am unable to start my server as its ...
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OpenMediaVault Share not accessible when OMV account name equals Windows username
I have a couple of SMB shares set up with OpenMediaVault:
Public, runs fine
Private, with username "Private" runs also fine
Dani with omv username "Dani" and Windows username "Dani" can be
accessed ...
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Previous user name still appears in login screen in after renamed/removed?
When using lusrmgr.msc to renamed/removed a user account, I still see it in login screen.
I want the new name appear there only. What can I do to work around that?
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Windows 7 wont connect to shared folders
I'm going to quote something right from the beginning, this does not work:
To configure NTLM compatibility for Windows Vista or Windows 7
1 Click Start > All Programs > Accessories > Run and ...
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The quota path is either invalid or it doesn't exist
Using File Server Resource Manager in Windows Server 2008 R2, i'm trying to set a quota of 1 GB for each user folder. But it seems it doesn't recognize the %USERNAME% variable. When I fill in:
F:\...
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How to get username/password of Netcomm modem?
I am trying to login to a Netcomm modem NB16VM but admin/admin doesn't work.
How can I get the correct username/password?
How do I do a hard reset of the modem? Will that revert the username/...
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Two hop SSH with multiple user names
I am trying to set up an ssh proxycommand, where the user name at the final host is different from the user name at the original host. I am logged in on firstHost as username and want to effectively ...
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