Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:50:29 -0200 (BRST) From: scuba@centroin.com.br To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Locked out of Root Message-ID: <20081023105002.Y61516@trex.centroin.com.br>
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Hi, Another option would be if that umprivileged user is in sudoers with permission to run the root shell (sudo -s). It doesn't need to be in wheel to do that. On Wed, 22 Oct 2008, mdh wrote: |He said his unprivileged user isn't in the wheel group. | |To answer the initial question, you'll need to login to the system on the local console. You cannot get root access via the network unless you're running another remote access service besides ssh which will allow you to login as root directly. | |- mdh | |--- On Wed, 10/22/08, Benjamin Lee <ben@b1c1l1.com> wrote: |> From: Benjamin Lee <ben@b1c1l1.com> |> Subject: Re: Locked out of Root |> To: "APseudoUtopia" <apseudoutopia@gmail.com> |> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org |> Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 11:25 PM |> |> Login as the unprivileged user and run: |> |> $ su |> |> See su(1). | | | | |_______________________________________________ |freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list |http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions |To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" | - Marcelo
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