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Date:      Tue, 3 Apr 2001 16:20:47 -0400
From:      Peter Radcliffe <pir@pir.net>
To:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: su change?
Message-ID:  <20010403162047.G13435@pir.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10104031422550.4963-100000@bsdie.rwsystems.net>; from jwyatt@rwsystems.net on Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 02:30:12PM -0500
References:  <20010403140935.F9618@pir.net> <Pine.BSF.4.10.10104031422550.4963-100000@bsdie.rwsystems.net>

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James Wyatt <jwyatt@rwsystems.net> probably said:
> On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, 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.
> Why is booting from CDROM a better fix than booting single-user from the
> hard disk? The original poster wanted to avaoid a reboot *at all*.

I didn't say it was better, I just corrected the comment that you'd
have to reinstall.

P.

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


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