Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 21:48:41 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com> To: root@isis.dynip.com, stuyman@confusion.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, rivers@dignus.com Subject: Re: Fw: HELP!!!! Message-ID: <199902080248.VAA04082@lakes.dignus.com> In-Reply-To: <36BE0A83.4D82D496@confusion.net>
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> > Is there a way to keep people from doing this who aren't supposed to? Like if I set up a BSD box in a library and someone knows how to do that, is there a way to stop them? (Or do I just put a password on the BIOS so they can't reboot fully?) > I seem to recall there was a method for password protecting single user mode... I'm not sure if it's in FreeBSD or not... That is, to enter single user mode required the root password (which sorta defeats the purpose of the original question.) But - barring some mechanism like that; there's no way. And, even if you had that mechanism - presumably that person who knows how do to this also knows (or can deduce) how to make a bootable floppy that would get around any protection you offered. Except, perhaps password protection at the BIOS level. - Dave Rivers - > root@isis.dynip.com wrote: > > > On 7 Feb, Thomas David Rivers wrote: > > >> > > >> We are a small ISP in NW Arkansas, at one of our customers sites we have installed a FreeBSD server as their firewall, www proxy and mail server. As you can see from the attachment below we made a mistake and gave them the root password. Do you have any suggestions on recovering the root password short of re-installing the system. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > > > Yes - > > > > > > You can boot the system in single user mode (type "-s" no quotes > > > at the boot prompt.) > > > > > > From there, you can set the root password. > > > > > > You'll need to: > > > > > > mount -u / > > > mount /usr > > > passwd root > > > > > > > > You forgot to tel him > > NEVER give away your ROOT password, even to your mother. > > infact, never give away any password, on the net, be paranoid. > > Never know WHO ?? is watching. examples ,,, > > > > NSA (LEAST OF YOUR CONCERN IF NOT DOING SOMETHING REALLY BAD) > > Hackers.com > > etc,,,, > > > > hussssssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhh > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- > Laurence Berland, Stuyvesant HS Debate > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > Windows 98: n. > useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and > a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system > originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit > company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition. > http://stuy.debate.net > icq #7434346 aol imer E1101 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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