From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Glynn Clements Subject: Re: root password Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 03:48:47 +0100 Message-ID: <16976.43791.477819.662304@gargle.gargle.HOWL> References: <20050403043940.90401.qmail@web52903.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20050403043940.90401.qmail@web52903.mail.yahoo.com> Sender: linux-admin-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Ankit Jain Cc: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org, admin Ankit Jain wrote: > i started the question not to hack any system but i > was curious to know that in linux its easy to change > the root passwd It's easy *if* you have physical access to the machine. But in that situation, you could just remove the hard drive and take it home. Or install a keystroke logger into the keyboard to capture the root password. If an attacker can get physical access to the system, you lose. -- Glynn Clements