From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun Sep 19 23:46: 3 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from smtp.nwlink.com (smtp.nwlink.com [209.20.130.57]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D8051538F for ; Sun, 19 Sep 1999 23:46:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from craigc@nwlink.com) Received: from craigc (ip133.gte8.rb1.bel.nwlink.com [209.20.237.133]) by smtp.nwlink.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id XAA24714; Sun, 19 Sep 1999 23:45:57 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <0da701bf0334$8ba65620$0201010a@fuzzer.com> From: "Craig Critchley" To: , Cc: References: <636877fb.25172be8@aol.com> Subject: Re: Locking myself out of Root @ Wheel Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 23:51:20 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org i think on bsd you have to be a member of wheel to su - an extra layer of security. you should be able to remount the fs as rw in single user mode. it defaults to ro so you have time to fsck it before matters get worse in the event of a crash. If you have "The Complete FreeBSD" its in ch12, Starting and Stopping The System. Disclaimer: newbie information... ...Craig ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Cc: Sent: Sunday, September 19, 1999 11:19 PM Subject: Re: Locking myself out of Root @ Wheel > I thought all users had access to su. Its just you need the right password > for root > > oh well, you can try a rescue boot disk and change it that way > If your desperate enough find a local exploit and break your way in. > or maybe FTP. > > I have no other suggestions really. > Sam > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message