Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:43:47 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, APseudoUtopia <apseudoutopia@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Locked out of Root Message-ID: <20081023144157.S10109@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <444p33pmbp.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> References: <27ade5280810221955l6bb7fe23u504b008e6799fc57@mail.gmail.com> <444p33pmbp.fsf@lowell-desk.lan>
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>> group, and root login is disabled in SSH. >> >> Thanks for any help/advice. > > You'll need to reboot in single-user mode. > E.g., > http://be-well.ilk.org/FreeBSD/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/admin.html#SU-WHEEL-GROUP > > -- and next time - do enable root login through ssh/rlogin/telnetd there is no security gain by disabling it, as you have to know password too. if course it's not bright to login as root over telnet through public network, but too - it's not security hole in system, just in administrator's brain if he/she do it this way.
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