Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 14:22:09 -0500 (CDT) From: Phil Gilley <pgilley@metronet.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Secure console bug in 2.1.5-RELEASE Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.92.960729140023.12128A-100000@fohnix.metronet.com>
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A few days ago I posted about a problem I thought I was having with making the console secure under 2.1.5-RELEASE. While I haven't received any responses, I have verified it is a bug, or at least an undocumented change since 2.1.0-RELEASE. How to unintentionally prevent root console logins: 1. Install FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE with DES. (This doesn't happen with the standard MD5 stuff.) 2. Assign a password to the root account. 3. Change the console from "secure" to "insecure" in /etc/ttys. 4. Reboot in single-user mode. After typing in the root password the system reports "init: single-user login failed" and you will NOT be able to login! You can press ^D to boot on up to multi-user mode, but if you haven't added a user account and put that account in the wheel group, root is locked out of the system. So my question is, does anyone know what is broken? Or am I doing something really stupid? Phil Gilley pgilley@metronet.com
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