Fedora23 workstation install

Janina Sajka janina at rednote.net
Mon May 16 15:14:39 EDT 2016


Press enter on your command.

Also, in your password widget, have you made Orca sticky in the text
input field? i.e. Orca+A twice in rapid succession.

Jude DaShiell writes:
> I could have done that except I found out post-install alt-f2 gnome-terminal
> using gnome classic puts me in an enter command box with a close button and
> once that close button is hit the command does not execute.
> 
> On Sun, 15 May 2016, Janina Sajka wrote:
> 
> >Date: Sun, 15 May 2016 00:34:31
> >From: Janina Sajka <janina at rednote.net>
> >Reply-To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
> >    <speakup at linux-speakup.org>
> >To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. <speakup at linux-speakup.org>
> >Subject: Re: Fedora23 workstation install
> >
> >Well, I don't know. You're using some kind of graphical widget, and I
> >don't bother with those. I simply open a console/terminal and enter the
> >passwd command. I get no molly coddling from the passwd command.
> >
> >PS: Of course, you need to be root, to modify root's passwd.
> >
> >Jude DaShiell writes:
> >>There is no such widget in fedora installer so far as I know.  What
> >>repeatedly happens on both fedora23workstation-x86-64 and
> >>fedora24workstation-x86-64-beta is I enter a password for root then I can
> >>hit enter or tab and enter the same password for confirmation and then hit
> >>the _done button and am repeatedly told root password not set user account
> >>will not be created.  The downloaded beta version was from bittorrent and
> >>Fedora23 was through wget since I couldn't find a torrent for that iso.
> >>
> >>If the fedora spins ever include the orca dependency stack, and if those
> >>install better than workstation, I'll be able to run orca on kde and start
> >>testing jovie and kaccessible but there doesn't appear to be any interest in
> >>that by spin developers.
> >>
> >>I thought in light of the difficulties that prompted this thread Fedora had
> >>length and character requirements for root passwords like navy passwords
> >>used to be 14 characters long and you had to have two upper two lower two
> >>numbers and two symbols in them.
> >>
> >>On Fri, 13 May 2016, Janina Sajka wrote:
> >>
> >>>Date: Fri, 13 May 2016 15:39:16
> >>>From: Janina Sajka <janina at rednote.net>
> >>>Reply-To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
> >>>    <speakup at linux-speakup.org>
> >>>To: speakup at linux-speakup.org
> >>>Subject: Re: Fedora23 workstation install
> >>>
> >>>afaik, there's no requirement. You could even have an empty passwd. That
> >>>would be more than foolish, of course, but you could do it. I can tell
> >>>you that my Fedora passwords are much shorter, for instance.
> >>>
> >>>Are you perhaps getting confused by an evaluation widget that gives real time
> >>>feedback on the strength of your entered password? I believe there's
> >>>this kind of guidance going on in the graphical environment. My
> >>>passwords do well on that widget because I avoid correctly spelled
> >>>dictionary words, and I mix case, numerics, and punctuation into my
> >>>passwords. Still, the number of chars can be counted on your fingers.
> >>>
> >>>hth
> >>>
> >>>Janina
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Jude DaShiell writes:
> >>>>What are root password security requirements for Fedora23?  How many
> >>>>characters; what types of characters as minimums?  Passwords I've entered
> >>>>one of which was 14 characters in length may be too short, but the installer
> >>>>doesn't complain coherently and explain exactly what is wrong with a
> >>>>password so I can't tell what I'm doing wrong.
> >>>>
> >>>>
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Janina Sajka,	Phone:	+1.443.300.2200
			sip:janina at asterisk.rednote.net
		Email:	janina at rednote.net

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