From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 24 13:42:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA23830 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 24 Jun 1998 13:42:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from netra.graphnet.com (netra.graphnet.com [192.206.112.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA23692 for ; Wed, 24 Jun 1998 13:41:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from romank@graphnet.com) Received: from graphnet.com (mike.graphnet.com [192.206.112.93]) by netra.graphnet.com (8.8.8/8.8.6) with ESMTP id QAA09548; Wed, 24 Jun 1998 16:41:31 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <359165BE.582C44FD@graphnet.com> Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 16:46:54 -0400 From: Roman Katsnelson X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (WinNT; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Sean Harding , "q's" Subject: Re: root passwd References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thanks. What is the path to the passwd file exactly? /bin/passwd didn't work. Sean Harding wrote: > Try /bin/passwd, or you can just edit the passwd file if you have > to...It's just that passwd isn't in your path. > > > b) if it DOES work -- itsn't it a serious security issue that anyone > > with the access to the FAQ (which is every literate person in the > > They can't get the root password, but they can change it. Remember, that > physical access is *always* root access, no matter what you do. You don't > want people to have root, physically secure the machine. Sure, there are > measures you can take (maint. passwd, etc.), but if they really want in, > they can get in. And if you lock it out completely, you are screwed if > something happens to the root passwd. > > Sean To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message