Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 02:15:05 -0800 (PST) From: Matthias <cropone@gmx.de> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: i386/33525: root access without password Message-ID: <200201041015.g04AF5J96524@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 33525 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: root access without password >Confidential: no >Severity: critical >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Jan 04 02:20:01 PST 2002 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Matthias >Release: 4.4 >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE #0: Tue Sep 11:57:08 PDT 2001 murray@builder.FreeBSD.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC i386 >Description: hi mates, yesterday i installed my version of freebsd, and i added an additional user account. i think i typed a wrong password ( not that what i wanted). this morning i wanted to login as the user and typed username and password --> login incorrect. now i wanted to login as root to fix the problem. but when i typed the username and pressed enter i got a bash shell without requesting a password. thats really unsecure i think :) now ill reboot my machine to see if i can login normaly as root at first! same problem. but when i press strg-c after typing the username i got an output --> Jan 4 10:07:19 login: pam_authenticate: Conversation error so .. thats all, now ill reinstall FreeBSD cause thats the first time i have this prob with that release! i think the problem was the wrong password while adding an addintional user ... dunno why :) hope i could help u with that prob. regards, matthias >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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