Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:01:44 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Cc: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, APseudoUtopia <apseudoutopia@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Locked out of Root Message-ID: <20081023150144.GC81643@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20081023144157.S10109@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <27ade5280810221955l6bb7fe23u504b008e6799fc57@mail.gmail.com> <444p33pmbp.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> <20081023144157.S10109@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 02:43:47PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > >>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. It guarantees that the root password is passed encrypted. So, next time do NOT enable root loging via ssh. Instead, put the non-root user in the wheel group. ////jerry > > 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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"
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