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Date:      Tue, 3 Apr 2001 14:09:35 -0400
From:      Peter Radcliffe <pir@pir.net>
To:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: su change?
Message-ID:  <20010403140935.F9618@pir.net>
In-Reply-To: <001f01c0bc68$681a2b20$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca>; from matt@gsicomp.on.ca on Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 02:03:36PM -0400
References:  <005401c0bc63$7cb36650$0202a8c0@majorzoot> <001f01c0bc68$681a2b20$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca>

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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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pir                  pir@pir.net                    pir@net.tufts.edu


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