administrator password hack
MySQL Administrator 1.2
MySQL Administrator is a powerful visual administration console that enables you to easily administer your MySQL environment. more>> <<less
Alternate Password Library 1.2.0
Alternate Password Library (libaltpw) adds alternate password support dynamically with LD_PRELOAD. more>>
Useful, for example, to make sendmail, procmail, and pop3d use an alternate password if you are an ISP.
Works with any program that uses the getpw* family of functions and the password file is configurable through the environment.
Basically this is just another library, you can link against it and it overrides getpw* to point at an alternate password file specified by the environment variable ALTPASSWD.
So the normal way to use it, in non SUID form, would be:
# export ALTPASSWD=/some/other/passwd.file
# export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/local/lib/libaltpw.so.X
# < some command >
And some command will see the alternate password file. This does not work in an SUID contect because LD_PRELOAD is ignored for SUID binaries. To help determine when things will and will not work like expected, there is the runaltpw command. So the above becomes this:
# runaltpw /some/other/passwd.file < some command > < arg > < arg >
And if it thinks things look OK, i.e. not SUID, passwd exists and everything else, it will exec the command after setting up the environment. If things look strange, if will exit instead.
There are also some README.* files that deal with specific programs I had trouble with, either because they had a strange build process, were SUID by default, or both.
Enhancements:
- Added support for the getgr* group handling functions, and a /etc/group.switch and ALTGROUP in the environment, all similar to how the altpw functions work but for groups, as suggested by Bruce Richardson.
MySQL Administrator for Linux 1.0.12
A powerful visual administration console that enables you to easily administer your MySQL environment more>>
MySQL Administrator now integrates database management and maintenance into a single, seamless environment, with a clear and intuitive graphical user interface.
By using MySQL Administrator you will be able to:
- Achieve higher database availability through improved management
- Reduce errors through visual database administration
- Lower database administration costs through improved productivity
- Deliver a more secure environment through easier privilege management
MySQL Administrator enables developers and DBAs to easily perform all the command line operations visually including configuring servers, administering users, and dynamically monitoring database health.
Other common administrative tasks such as monitoring replication status, backup and restore, and viewing logs can also be performed through the MySQL Administrator graphical console.
User Administration in Minutes
Administering users, granting privileges and viewing user privilege information has never been easier! Now you can leverage the full power of MySQLs user management and privilege capabilities to fully protect your MySQL server host using an integrated graphical user administration console.
For example, a form-based interface provides a simple method for adding users, assigning passwords and including user profile information. Plus, assigning and revoking global, database, and table/column privileges is as easy as adding and removing privilege items from an available list. Finally, an explorer interface provides a hierarchical view allowing you to easily view user privileges by privilege type.
Single View Dynamic Health Monitoring
Dynamic health monitoring gives you an immediate view into the key indicators of the health of your MySQL environment. Dynamic graphs enable you to easily view percentage of memory usage, connection usage, hit rates, as well as the number of SQL queries on an ongoing basis, as your system runs.
The Disk Health tab gives you an overview of the amount of hard disk space, tablespace, and log files being used. You can also use the visual health monitoring feature to get a hierarchical view into status and server variables such as the number of outstanding connections, number of bytes sent and received by clients, buffer allocations size and more.
Quickly Optimize MySQL
MySQL Administrator now allows you to easily view and setup key parameters so you can quickly optimize the performance of MySQL. Using a graphical forms-based environment, you quickly fine tune general and advanced parameters. For example you can set memory usage parameters and configure server start-up parameters related to the MyISAM and InnoDB table types.
Rapid Disaster Prevention and Recovery
Now you can rapidly create consistent backups and restore data by simply visually selecting the schemas and tables you want to back/restore from your hierarchical data directory. The graphical environment gives you additional visibility into Tabletype, Rows, Data Length, and Update time.
Server Information At-a-Glance
The server information section of MySQL Administrator allows you to quickly view basic information about the server and client. This view gives you immediate visibility into items such as server status, client and server version numbers and IP address, as well as connection information.
View Replication Status
Now you can quickly set up replication to increase the robustness and speed of your MySQL environment. The replication features within MySQL Administrator allow you to easily view the network topology of your replication master and slaves. Plus, the graphical environment provides additional visibility into IP addresses and logfiles.
View Server Logs from a Centralized Administration Environment
Now you can view all the MySQL log files including error logs, binary logs, and InnoDB logs from a single, centralized administration environment so you can diagnose server problems quicker and track database changes.
Service Control
Gain complete control of service creation and overcome the time consuming task of installing and setting up services. Plus, start and stop MySQL servers and view corresponding log messages.
Browse Catalog
Browse your catalog and view corresponding tables with columns, all indices and users with privileges to access selected databases. From here you can monitor and optimize tables.
Cross Platform
MySQL Administrator will initially be available for Microsoft Windows and Linux, and be compatible with MySQL version 4.0 or later.
Starfish Password Manager 0.2
Starfish Password Manager project consists of a password manager. more>>
Starfish is a simple password manager. It stores all of its data in XML, and uses strong encryption (MD5 with DES).
Main features:
- 100% Java©
- Easy to use GUI
- Strong encryption
- Sortable columns, password hiding/unhiding
- Easy copy to clipboard
- All data stored in XML
LastPass Password Manager (beta) 1.36
LastPass is the last password you will ever need. It allows you to: Create strong passwords, knowing you only have to remember one. Log into your favorite sites with a single click. Only fill forms out once. Access and manage your data from multiple computers seamlessly. Share logins with friends and let others share logins with you. Supports IE & Firefox, Windows, Mac and Linux more>>
LastPass Password Manager (beta) - LastPass is a free password manager that makes your web browsing easier and more secure and supports IE and Firefox, allows you to import from every major password storage vendor and export too, captures passwords that other managers wont including many AJAX forms, and allows you to make strong passwords easily.
LastPass is the last password you will ever need. It allows you to:
- Create strong passwords, knowing you only have to remember one.
- Easily fill in form data
- Log into your favorite sites with a single click
- Access and manage your data from multiple computers seamlessly
- Share logins with friends and let others share logins with you
- Supports IE as well, so if you switch browsers youre always in sync, as well as when you switch computers
- Supports importing passwords from other password managers such as Roboform, Keepass, PasswordSafe, MyPasswordSafe, Firefox and IEs built in password manager
- Exporting your data always available in plugin and website.
- In windows, helps you recover lost passwords stored on your computer
- Capture passwords that other password managers will not capture like those done in AJAX logins, and multi-step logins like Bank Of America, and frustrating sites like ING bank.
- Make moving to a new computer or using multiple computers much easier
- Works with any platform that has Firefox plus IE on Windows
- Has a USB/Thumb drive portable version for Windows, Mac and Linux
- http://m.lastpass.com for mobile access
Your sensitive data is encrypted locally with AES, then uploaded to allow syncing with other computers or browsers. IE is also supported as well as
Enhancements:
Version 1.36
Save any form support
Version 1.34
Improved homepage, bug fixes
Version 1.33
Built-in fast homepage, bug fixes
Version 1.32
French, Hebrew, bug fixes with basic auth, Pocket for Mac and Linux
Version 1.31
Local Site Search, HotKeys, Secure Notes
System Requirements:233 MHz, 128MB ram<<less
Universal Password Manager 1.5
Universal Password Manager is a cross platform password manager. more>>
What I wanted was a password manager that would run on both platforms and share the same password database. Version 1.0 of UPM satisfies the first of these requirements. Im hoping that another release soon after will fulfil the second.
Main features:
- Small, fast and lean
- Written in Java and utilizing Swing for the GUI
- Windows and Mac OS X native feeling versions available
- Fast Account searching
- Streamlined for those who are more comfortable using the keyboard only
- Uses DES with 56 bit keys to encrypt the database
Virtual Administrator Daemon 0.2.0
Virtual Administrator Daemon is set of Perl scripts and modules which can help with remote server management. more>>
It can receive multiple commands to execute, and it has been built to provide support for a scalable system administration environment.
Since it takes XML, clients can be developed in a different set of environments with easy integration into the server.
Enhancements:
- This release added support for standalone/daemon mode, SSL support and a default SSL certificate, a default timeout of 30 seconds while reading or writing sockets, more refined log messages, and new < mode >< /mode >, < ip >< /ip >, < port >< /port >, and < listen >< /listen > configuration elements.
Kmail password decrypter
Kmail password decrypter can recover you Kmail password if you lost it. more>>
Lost your KMail password? Use this tool that I whipped up in a jiffy.
DBIx::Password 1.8
DBIx::Password provides an abstraction layer for password maintenance. more>>
You provide a single virtual user name in the connect method and the module determines which database/which user/which password to provide.
Magic Password Generator 1.4
Magic Password Generator is an extension which magically makes custom passwords for each website. more>>
Right click the toolbar, and click customize, to get the button to activate the extension!
Gnome Password Generator 1.5
Gnome Password Generator is a GUI based secure password generator. more>>
Unhide Passwords 1.1.3.1
Unhide Passwords shows the contents of password fields in cleartext (instead of the asterisks), to make that process a bit easie more>>
Unhide Passwords shows the contents of password fields in cleartext (instead of the asterisks), to make that process a bit easier.
Xtra Screen Hacks 0.1
Xtra Screen Hacks is a collection of graphics display modes that are meant to be run with a daemon such as XScreenSaver. more>>
"Daisy" draws spinning flowers, and "Twinkle" draws a twinkling star field.
Compilation of Xtra Screen Hacks depends only on xlib.
Installation:
The configure script is not up and running yet, so the Makefiles and config.h are hacked versions of the ones xscreensavers configure script generated on the authors machine. If your system differs from the authors (i686 Debian GNU/Linux) then the build will probably not work for you, unless you hack the Makefiles and possibly config.h to modify the variables and defines.
If the Makefiles and config.h are ok, then simply run
$ make
to generate the binaries. They will be in the hacks directory.
If you have a copy of XScreensaver installed from the tarball, run
$ make install
If not, you will need to copy the files to their target directories by hand. Search for deluxe, deluxe.xml, and deluxe.1 (or deluxe.man, deluxe.6x.gz, etc) using locate, find, or whereis to figure out where they should go. The binaries and xml files must be in the correct directories
to work properly with xscreensaver-demo.
You will need to add entries to your .xscreensaver file by hand. Open $HOME/.xscreensaver in your favorite text editor and paste the following two lines into the "programs" section:
--snip----------------
- daisy -root n
- twinkle -root n
--snip----------------
Then run xscreensaver-demo to activate and configure the hacks.
If you dont have XScreensaver at all, just enjoy the hacks in an X window.
If make install worked for you, type
$ make uninstall
when you no longer want the new screen hacks.
Password Hasher 1.0.4
Password Hasher enables a good security practice. more>>
What good security practice demands:
- Strong passwords that are hard to guess.
- Different passwords at each site.
- Periodically changing existing passwords.
Why you probably arent practicing good security:
- Strong passwords are difficult to remember.
- Juggling a multitude of passwords is a pain.
- Updating passwords compounds the memorization problem.
Main features:
- Automatically generates strong passwords.
- One master key produces different passwords at many sites.
- Quickly upgrade passwords by "bumping" the site tag.
- Upgrade a master key without updating all sites at once.
- Supports different length passwords.
- Supports special requirements, such as digits and punctuation.
- Supports restricting a hash word to not use special characters. (New!)
- Saves all data to the browsers secure password database.
- Generates a portable HTML page with your site tags and option settings that allows you to generate your hash words in any browser on any machine without the extension installed. (New!)
- Can add marker buttons to unmask passwords on any web site. (New!)
- Extremely simple to use!
Password Save 0.5
Password Save extension brings up a plain text listing of your passwords in a browser window. more>>
Some javascript warning fixes and a bit of debugging code for helping people that the extension doesnt work for (Email me if you get a blank screen and have some free time to help me debug and well solve this problem once and for all)
In Preferences, go to Privacy => Passwords. When you click View Saved Passwords, there will be an added "Dump Passwords" button. Clicking this will pop up a new browser window with the saved passwords which can easily be saved, printed, or copy-pasted into another location.
This extension will only work (as is) on the released 1.5beta1 - 1.5beta2. The intall.rdf can be tweaked to get it to install fine on any recent nightly or the Deer Park Alphas. It -=can not=- be tweaked to work on 1.0. Sorry!