From owner-freebsd-security Tue Apr 3 11:42:46 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from moek.pir.net (moek.pir.net [130.64.1.215]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6660B37B71D for ; Tue, 3 Apr 2001 11:42:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from pir@pir.net) Received: from pir by moek.pir.net with local (Exim) id 14kVlI-00038Y-00 for freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 03 Apr 2001 14:42:40 -0400 Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 14:42:40 -0400 From: Peter Radcliffe To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: su change? Message-ID: <20010403144240.H9618@pir.net> Reply-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG References: <005401c0bc63$7cb36650$0202a8c0@majorzoot> <001f01c0bc68$681a2b20$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> <20010403140935.F9618@pir.net> <3ACA12FF.F4000B95@allmaui.com> <3ACA1755.7C98C5@alum.mit.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3ACA1755.7C98C5@alum.mit.edu>; from cjclark@alum.mit.edu on Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 11:32:53AM -0700 X-fish: < X-Copy-On-Listmail: Please do NOT Cc: me on list mail. Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Crist Clark probably said: [misquoted text cut. please learn to quote correctly] > If you've put a password in the boot PROM and forgotten that however, you > are fscked. Time to buy a new chip! *sigh* You don't know when to give up, do you ? What does forgetting the prom password on a sparc have to do with your incorrect comment on screwing up root's password entry on a Solaris box ? Oh, and you're incorrect again. You can remove a lost PROM password without replacing the PROM, assuming you have physical access which you'd have to have to replace it. Some are easier than others and the easier ones depend on other settings in the prom, but it can be done in several ways. The NVRAM FAQ lists some of them; http://www.squirrel.com/squirrel/sun-nvram-hostid.faq.html Quit wasting time and bandwidth arguing about things you don't know enough about on inappropriate lists ? P. -- pir pir@pir.net pir@net.tufts.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message