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Date:      Tue, 03 Apr 2001 11:14:23 -0700
From:      Craig Cowen <craig@allmaui.com>
To:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: su change?
Message-ID:  <3ACA12FF.F4000B95@allmaui.com>
References:  <005401c0bc63$7cb36650$0202a8c0@majorzoot> <001f01c0bc68$681a2b20$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> <20010403140935.F9618@pir.net>

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FALSE! If you have the boot prom set not to allow booting from cdrom, you're
bummin'

Peter Radcliffe wrote:

> 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.
>
> --
> pir                  pir@pir.net                    pir@net.tufts.edu
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