Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 21:40:46 +0200 From: Rene Scott <rene@mars.szabinet.hu> To: "Swanson, Toby J." <tjswanson@tva.gov> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to hack root :) Message-ID: <19990610214046.A39666@mars.szabinet.hu> In-Reply-To: <8C8DCBC7A064D01181F30000F8014E277DBB11@knxnorois1b.noh.tva.gov>; from Swanson, Toby J. on Thu, Jun 10, 1999 at 01:38:33PM -0400 References: <8C8DCBC7A064D01181F30000F8014E277DBB11@knxnorois1b.noh.tva.gov>
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Put the hd's in another freebsd box and mount it... Rene * Swanson, Toby J. (tjswanson@tva.gov) [990610 20:34]: > Sorry, I forgot to mention the console is in secure mode, requiring the > root password on bootup. > > > ---------- > > From: Adam Ulmer[SMTP:ulmer@ulmer.iserver.net] > > Sent: Thursday, June 10, 1999 1:34 PM > > To: Swanson, Toby J. > > Subject: Re: how to hack root :) > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/FAQ138.html#138 > > > > Adam > > > > On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, Swanson, Toby J. wrote: > > > > > I need root access to a 2.1.7 host. The old administrator left without > > > giving > > > anyone (any information) the root password. This machine does not have > > > a cdrom drive, only a floppy and the hard drives. The plan is to boot > > up > > > using the floppy, mount the root file system, vi /etc/passwd and remove > > the > > > root password, boot from the hard drive and log in as root. I searched > > the > > > FAQ and mailing list archives but did not find any instructions on doing > > > > > this sort of thing. I have booted using the install floppy, and then > > opened > > > > > > vty4. However, I can't seem to get any commands to work there. > > > > > > Any help is appreciated, > > > > > > Toby > > > > > > > > > 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 --- *** --- end quoted text --- *** --- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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