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From: Peter Radcliffe <pir@pir.net>
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Subject: Re: su change?
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Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> probably said:
> Just consider your friend lucky - doing similar things to the root account
> on any enterprise UNIX (UnixWare, Solaris, AIX) could require a complete
> reinstall - especially if it's running C2-level security.

False.

Solaris, certainly, would just require booting from cdrom, mounting /
and editing the password file.

P.

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