Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:25:30 -0700 From: Benjamin Lee <ben@b1c1l1.com> To: APseudoUtopia <apseudoutopia@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Locked out of Root Message-ID: <48FFEEAA.4060600@b1c1l1.com> In-Reply-To: <27ade5280810221955l6bb7fe23u504b008e6799fc57@mail.gmail.com> References: <27ade5280810221955l6bb7fe23u504b008e6799fc57@mail.gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On 10/22/08 19:55, APseudoUtopia wrote: > Hey, > > I have one user (other than root and the other system users) on my > box, and that user is _NOT_ in the wheel group. I also have root > logins disabled via SSH. This is a remote server and all I have is SSH > access. > > Is there any way that I can gain root? I know the root password and > everything, but I just can't get to it. The user is not in the wheel > group, and root login is disabled in SSH. > > Thanks for any help/advice. Login as the unprivileged user and run: $ su See su(1). -- Benjamin Lee [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJI/+6vAAoJEN/n9makEYTh4dcP/2JLibNRR7bHvkwZ1yGIesJi Fkn+OQAAukcL7d95Z+Rs3ptLHrsjQaUuq1P92sgqM4lcsIT37v4GW/78z07iDqGY rB0/JRkZxK9oSIvUbVJpbhMyS3Jzk9T4yWdbK01W7+yF5f/3NO9rFQbjJNhf8xAA MgN6o+moUpyElTzi3/S5FhCgBcAgREpx79L+2FWwnBVV/Jg5cfyPlY0A3CAdsMM4 /Af004vmurKDVqHDUPW+pBUBUMhJHnqrLlBmXF9mAEYvtzPin5KIZNopFir4/qxu R8eBhG1Ik5ytO8f52WBhpapesf06F0XMeKf+DmM1SzwKJdB51GI/kbAQ/PPJ0tmd 9ksUSh/d6stWrF7diw8zYjzfVIFdX5I+LHYxxImGJC4PSpSgB8CZqFA3dhZ1sBOl TRjSwqQp/2ZnCPULdyc7uLQWvlRaRhw/ZdDmO/18SMiQg9Mj0zoDY4SHsRLd9Wu6 R6Xo5bgl5SPiuDgqVvd2NNJAXIHV75KOZJwTRnNysQRuSUznUeFdwbZJkVkV9au/ pGTcuAevWgfIviYscHEQmO4ACE18ySC2zYwkohZJ1Y7dFjvhyI4HBXwxO/NElW9I W/71L3cyWCktp8sgcdtF8kBw/8e6lzWuezIZjPiIr4Z9NzqctVvtx8eKFXX3NT0t PHa+jXlEP3oCGxZEDtWe =OZP8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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