From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric Bambach Subject: Re: root password Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 10:52:06 -0600 Message-ID: <200504011052.06961.eric@cisu.net> References: <5.1.0.14.1.20050330063201.02035bd0@celine> <200504011823.16115.Tobias.Hirning@gmx.de> Reply-To: eric@cisu.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <200504011823.16115.Tobias.Hirning@gmx.de> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" To: Tobias Hirning Cc: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org On Friday 01 April 2005 10:23 am, Tobias Hirning wrote: > Hi Ray! > > > [...] > > Any other suggestion of how to become root without knowing the root > > password is a technique for breaking into systems, and I (and I > > hope everyone else) will not give advice on that publicly, in this > > forum or anywhere else. > > Why shouldn't we know how the bad can break into our systems? > I think it's always better to know exactly how they do it. > Tobias Kernel parameter line init=3D/bin/(ba)sh (most effective IMO) Boot cd/disk/ etc. Physically removing the hard drive Get the shadow file and crack Overwrite the shadow file with an exploit Sniff the password from telnet/unsecure services =2E..And many more, these just came off the top of my head. --=20 ---------------------------------------- --EB > All is fine except that I can reliably "oops" it simply by trying to = read > from /proc/apm (e.g. cat /proc/apm). > oops output and ksymoops-2.3.4 output is attached. > Is there anything else I can contribute? The latitude and longtitude of the bios writers current position, and a ballistic missile. =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0--Alan Cox LKML-Decembe= r 08,2000=20 ---------------------------------------- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie"= in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs