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    A quick settings question on Debian 2.x

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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller
      last edited by

      Debian 2.0 was 1998
      Debian 2.1 was 1999
      Debian 2.2 was 2000

      Those were the only Debian 2 family releases. So best case scenario, seventeen years old.

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller
        last edited by

        Password requirement you want completely gone? Like they type in their username and it just lets them in?

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        • wirestyle22W
          wirestyle22
          last edited by wirestyle22

          sudo visudo

          Find this line:

          %sudo ALL=(ALL) ALL

          Change the line:

          %sudo ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

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          • DustinB3403D
            DustinB3403
            last edited by

            Wow debian 2.... I wonder what the reasoning there was for not upgrading......

            Like what could have occurred there....

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            • wirestyle22W
              wirestyle22 @DustinB3403
              last edited by

              @DustinB3403 It's likely that nothing occurred and they never ran into a problem so never felt theneed to upgrade. lol

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @wirestyle22
                last edited by

                @wirestyle22 said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

                sudo visudo

                Find this line:

                %sudo ALL=(ALL) ALL

                Change the line:

                %sudo ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

                That's for sudo permissions and does not affect logins.

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                • DustinB3403D
                  DustinB3403 @wirestyle22
                  last edited by

                  @wirestyle22 said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

                  @DustinB3403 It's likely that nothing occurred and they never ran into a problem so never felt theneed to upgrade. lol

                  Talk about stability.... 17 years of no issues at all. Way to rock it Debian!

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
                    last edited by

                    @DustinB3403 said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

                    Wow debian 2.... I wonder what the reasoning there was for not upgrading......

                    Like what could have occurred there....

                    They forgot that the machine was there? No idea. That's up to 19 years old!!

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
                      last edited by

                      @DustinB3403 said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

                      @wirestyle22 said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

                      @DustinB3403 It's likely that nothing occurred and they never ran into a problem so never felt theneed to upgrade. lol

                      Talk about stability.... 17 years of no issues at all. Way to rock it Debian!

                      17+ don't forget!

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                      • art_of_shredA
                        art_of_shred @scottalanmiller
                        last edited by

                        @scottalanmiller said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

                        @DustinB3403 said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

                        @wirestyle22 said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

                        @DustinB3403 It's likely that nothing occurred and they never ran into a problem so never felt theneed to upgrade. lol

                        Talk about stability.... 17 years of no issues at all. Way to rock it Debian!

                        17+ don't forget!

                        No, this is a new build, maybe 4 months ago? I did a uname -a and got:

                        3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.51-1 x86_64 GNU/Linux... so my initial thought was incorrect.

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                        • DustinB3403D
                          DustinB3403 @art_of_shred
                          last edited by

                          @art_of_shred said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

                          @scottalanmiller said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

                          @DustinB3403 said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

                          @wirestyle22 said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

                          @DustinB3403 It's likely that nothing occurred and they never ran into a problem so never felt theneed to upgrade. lol

                          Talk about stability.... 17 years of no issues at all. Way to rock it Debian!

                          17+ don't forget!

                          No, this is a new build, maybe 4 months ago? I did a uname -a and got:

                          3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.51-1 x86_64 GNU/Linux... so my initial thought was incorrect.

                          That just makes this topic insane.... why use something so old. . . .

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                          • art_of_shredA
                            art_of_shred @DustinB3403
                            last edited by

                            @DustinB3403 said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

                            @art_of_shred said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

                            @scottalanmiller said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

                            @DustinB3403 said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

                            @wirestyle22 said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

                            @DustinB3403 It's likely that nothing occurred and they never ran into a problem so never felt theneed to upgrade. lol

                            Talk about stability.... 17 years of no issues at all. Way to rock it Debian!

                            17+ don't forget!

                            No, this is a new build, maybe 4 months ago? I did a uname -a and got:

                            3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.51-1 x86_64 GNU/Linux... so my initial thought was incorrect.

                            That just makes this topic insane.... why use something so old. . . .

                            It's a machine dedicated to a wide-format printer. Nothing else. It's what their RIP software supports.

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                            • wirestyle22W
                              wirestyle22
                              last edited by

                              @scottalanmiller would it be:

                              sudo gedit /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

                              autologin-user=YOURUSERNAME
                              autologin-user-timeout=0

                              To just automatically log in?

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                              • DustinB3403D
                                DustinB3403 @art_of_shred
                                last edited by

                                @art_of_shred I know I shouldn't ask.... but the software doesn't operate on a modern OS?

                                There is probably some debian 2 documentation somewhere but that is really stretching the envelope.

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                                • art_of_shredA
                                  art_of_shred @wirestyle22
                                  last edited by

                                  @wirestyle22 that file doesn't exist. I just ran the sudo command and it opened a blank file.

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller
                                    last edited by

                                    What desktop environment is this machine using?

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                                    • art_of_shredA
                                      art_of_shred @scottalanmiller
                                      last edited by

                                      @scottalanmiller said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

                                      What desktop environment is this machine using?

                                      I don't understand the question

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                                      • wirestyle22W
                                        wirestyle22 @art_of_shred
                                        last edited by

                                        @art_of_shred said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

                                        @scottalanmiller said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

                                        What desktop environment is this machine using?

                                        I don't understand the question

                                        Gnome, Unity, etc

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                                        • DustinB3403D
                                          DustinB3403 @wirestyle22
                                          last edited by

                                          @wirestyle22 said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

                                          @art_of_shred said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

                                          @scottalanmiller said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

                                          What desktop environment is this machine using?

                                          I don't understand the question

                                          Gnome, Unity, etc

                                          Did anything like that exist on debian 2?

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                                          • art_of_shredA
                                            art_of_shred @wirestyle22
                                            last edited by

                                            @wirestyle22 said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

                                            @art_of_shred said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

                                            @scottalanmiller said in A quick settings question on Debian 2.x:

                                            What desktop environment is this machine using?

                                            I don't understand the question

                                            Gnome, Unity, etc

                                            How can I tell? I have no idea where to find that.

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