[ubuntu-uk] Mint 9 and Windows 2000 Server

[SuperEngineer]

Matt,
Just for your peace of mind...
I also have a Mint (9) installation - I use it only for Wine so as not
to 'pollute' my Ubuntu set up.  I can guarantee that up to Mint 9 it is
in fact Ubuntu based.  Mint 9 proudly boasts itself the fact that it is
built on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.  I do not know anything about Mint10 however.

Regards,

SuperEngineer

Registered Linux User 523667


-----Original Message-----
From: Ronnie Tucker <ronnie at ronnietucker.co.uk>
Reply-to: ronnie at ronnietucker.co.uk, UK Ubuntu Talk
<ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com>
To: UK Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com>
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mint 9 and Windows 2000 Server
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 15:20:18 +0100


On 24/10/10 12:39, Grant Sewell wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 12:35:10 +0100
> Matt Darcy wrote:
>
>> On 23/10/2010 21:24, Ronnie Tucker wrote:
>>> I have my EEE PC (with Mint 9) hooked up to a Windows 2000 server at
>>> work. The server is set to force the user to change their password
>>> every 30 days and the new password mustn't be the same as any of
>>> the previous dozen or so passwords.
>>>
>>> When the password is due to change my Mint 9 can't log in to the
>>> network. I have to end up going to a Windows machine, changing my
>>> password then go back to my Mint9 machine.
>>>
>>> Is there a way I can do the password change within Mint 9?
>>>
>>> Any advice is much appreciated.
>>>
>>> Ronnie
>>>
>>
>> why is this even being asked on an Ubuntu list ???
> I guess not everyone realises yet that Linux Mint is no longer based
on
> Ubuntu - certainly the Wikipedia page (which for some is Gospel) still
> show it as being based on Ubuntu.
>
> Does it hurt the Ubuntu community for someone to innocuously ask a
> question such as this?  Does it hurt us to answer it?
>
> Grant.

Sorry, I assumed that Mint was still an Ubuntu derivative...

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