CameronDev

You are describing pickle, but it does come with some serious risks, especially if the file can be modified by a third party.

https://arjancodes.com/blog/python-pickle-module-security-risks-and-safer-alternatives/

I'd suggest using protobuf or similar instead, but its a bit more work.

Tangentially related, but when I switched my cat from commercial cat food to a raw chicken (w/ supplements) diet, her poops went from very bulky once a day, to shrivelled poops every-other day.

The amount of water in the chicken, and the lack of bulking ingredients made a huge difference.

Opening a new account should be relatively quick, even if you don't get your card. So create a new account, and transfer most of your money into it. Buy the item with your current card.

Fwiw, even without 3d secure, eBay is pretty safe to use, they are a huge corporation, and they know how to safely do transactions.

Might be a good idea to state your country. AFAIK, PayPal has no fees at all in my country, I assumed it was the same everywhere.

Can you get another bank account and card with no overdraft, and keep its balance near zero when not using it? When you buy, transfer the amount to the card and use it in whatever sketchy site you like. As long as its zero balance the rest of the time its relatively safe.

Its not for you, its for spammers...

I remember you, how did you go with your raspi project? Looking forward to your updates!

/etc/passwd: you may be able to get to this from the GUI file manager.

If not, open a terminal and type: cat /etc/passwd. Copy the relevant lines.

To test the login, from a terminal, type su otheruser, replace otheruser with the username from /etc/passwd. It should ask for a password, put that in and it should log you in. Type whoami and make sure its the same username as you expected. Paste any errors here.

I want a modern Flatout 2, such a fun game.

"Group policy me harder, babe"

I think that was meant to be a reply to me, so I'll respond.

Technically, /etc/passwd can have encrypted passwords in it, but as far as I'm aware, no distro has done that in decades, so realistically its not that risky. It does expose the user names though.

Can you share the lines from /etc/passwd for your user and the user your adding? Despite its name, there are no passwords here, that is in /etc/shadow

Edit: can you su to login as the user?

Don't windows-shame me!