Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 16:33:43 +0300 (EEST) From: Valentin Nechayev <netch@lucky.net> To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kill!!! Message-ID: <199907011333.QAA25528@burka.carrier.kiev.ua> In-Reply-To: <0428AD6295E1D211AC4400A0C969E8A236F185@orsmsx43.jf.intel.com>
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At Wed, 30 Jun 1999 11:42:09 -0700,
in article <0428AD6295E1D211AC4400A0C969E8A236F185@orsmsx43.jf.intel.com>
Jackson, Douglas H wrote to sita.freebsd.security:
JDH> There are a number of ways to deal with a lost root password.
JDH> You can always boot to single user mode with no password.
No, if "console" entry in /etc/ttys has "insecure" flag, you must type
down root password to enter the single user mode shell.
JDH> You could also use su2, which would allow you to have a number of
JDH> different passwords which each allow you root access.
Or one can create accounts root_a, root_b, ... ;)
Or one can patch sudo utility to use another password file... ;)
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Valentin Nechayev
netch@lucky.net
II:LDXIII/MCMLXXII.CCC
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