From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Adam Lang" Subject: Re: Root Permissions Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 09:25:16 -0400 Sender: linux-admin-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <007a01c45f6e$d8fdf5e0$530a0a0a@rutgersinsurance.com> References: <20040701050425.GA7890@cmi.ac.in> <20040701084248.GA21579@cmi.ac.in> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: linux-admin@vger.kernel.org Haha. I think the question you want to ask is "How can I hack someone's linux box?" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anindya Mozumdar" To: Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 4:42 AM Subject: Re: Root Permissions > Hi, > Probably I framed the question badly, so everyone has misunderstood > what I asked. I am not at all interested in reinstalling or > preventing my friend from doing what he wants. I wanted to know what > he may have possibly setup so that he can become root any time, so > that I can do the same. And I wanted to know how it can be reversed, > so that my own system is protected from such attacks. > Thanks. > Anindya.