From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 24 16:23:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA25655 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 24 Jun 1998 16:23:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from alpha.chet.com (ala-ca9-47.ix.netcom.com [207.93.143.111]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA25601 for ; Wed, 24 Jun 1998 16:23:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from keithr@ix.netcom.com) Received: from alpha.chet.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by alpha.chet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA25311; Wed, 24 Jun 1998 16:23:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from keithr@ix.netcom.com) Message-Id: <199806242323.QAA25311@alpha.chet.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Roman Katsnelson cc: "q's" Subject: Re: root passwd In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 24 Jun 1998 16:46:54 EDT." <359165BE.582C44FD@graphnet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 16:23:42 -0700 From: "K. Ridge" 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. ls: /bin/passwd: No such file or directory % which passwd /usr/bin/passwd <--- try this. > > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message