On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, tripolar wrote:
> while installing sarge on my parents pc using new installer ( sweet!!) when it
> came to typing in root password I typed it twice in same line but didnt
> notice until it came for me to verify my typing again. I left the second line
> blank thinking when i
while installing sarge on my parents pc using new installer ( sweet!!) when it
came to typing in root password I typed it twice in same line but didnt
notice until it came for me to verify my typing again. I left the second line
blank thinking when i rebooted there would be no password and could
On Sunday 09 March 2003 8:01 am, Ian Melnick wrote:
> Question, though. I thought when you boot into single-user mode you're
> already root and you can just change the root password by running
> passwd. Is it different now?
Debian does not allow password-less single-user-mode logins, and I believe
t password so you can reset it, because
you lost it, remember? this is how you reset a lost root password without
using a rescue disk.
Another trick is once you gain write access to /etc/shadow is to copy over
your hashed root password from another machine, where you know t
On Sunday 09 March 2003 1:46 am, Satish Iyer wrote:
> Hi,
>I am new user of Debian Gnu/Linux. I have
> successfully setup and started using the system (my
> understanding and knowledge grows day by day).
> To my current understanding security seems to be a
> major drawback of gnu/linux systems.
On Sun, 2003-03-09 at 09:46, Satish Iyer wrote:
> Hi,
>I am new user of Debian Gnu/Linux. I have
> successfully setup and started using the system (my
> understanding and knowledge grows day by day).
> To my current understanding security seems to be a
> major drawback of gnu/linux systems.(How
On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 10:01:48AM -0600, Ian Melnick wrote:
> > > Now when you log in as root, it will not ask for a password.
> > excuse my rudeness but isnt that a Bad Thing?
> >
> > what about ssh? does that leave the box totaly open?
>
> Well, you could edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config and not allo
Well said.
On Sunday 09 March 2003 16:40, Joey Hess wrote:
> Satish Iyer wrote:
> >I am new user of Debian Gnu/Linux.
>
> Perhaps when you were installing Debian you didn't bother to read the
> following message which was prominently displayed for you:
>
> problemBox(_("NOTE: The default LIL
"Satish" == Satish Iyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Satish> Hi, I am new user of Debian Gnu/Linux. I have successfully
Satish> setup and started using the system (my understanding and
Satish> knowledge grows day by day). To my current understanding
Satish> security seems to be
At 2003-03-09T09:46:03Z, Satish Iyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> To my current understanding security seems to be a major drawback of
> gnu/linux systems.(How else can you explain such gaping holes?).
Your current understanding is lacking.
> I am also inherently suspicious of anything that goe
> > Now when you log in as root, it will not ask for a password.
> excuse my rudeness but isnt that a Bad Thing?
>
> what about ssh? does that leave the box totaly open?
Well, you could edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config and not allow root logins at
all. Log in as a regular user and then su root from ther
Satish Iyer wrote:
>I am new user of Debian Gnu/Linux.
Perhaps when you were installing Debian you didn't bother to read the
following message which was prominently displayed for you:
problemBox(_("NOTE: The default LILO configuration is not secure enough
against local attacks. A user with
On Sat, Mar 08, 2003 at 05:57:24PM -0800, Carla Schroder wrote:
> > I just tried that from GRUB [selected the menu item hit 'e' to edit on
> > the kernel line appened init=/bin/sh then 'b' to boot] hey-presto no
> > flippin password needed! and there was me thinking my laptop was almost
> > secure!
Am Son, 2003-03-09 um 10.46 schrieb Satish Iyer:
> Hi,
>I am new user of Debian Gnu/Linux. I have
> successfully setup and started using the system (my
> understanding and knowledge grows day by day).
> To my current understanding security seems to be a
> major drawback of gnu/linux systems.
I
On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 09:46:03AM +, Satish Iyer wrote:
> Hi,
>I am new user of Debian Gnu/Linux. I have
> successfully setup and started using the system (my
> understanding and knowledge grows day by day).
> To my current understanding security seems to be a
> major drawback of gnu/linux
Hi,
I am new user of Debian Gnu/Linux. I have
successfully setup and started using the system (my
understanding and knowledge grows day by day).
To my current understanding security seems to be a
major drawback of gnu/linux systems.(How else can you
explain such gaping holes?).
I am also inheren
On Saturday 08 March 2003 5:15 pm, Hugh Saunders wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 08, 2003 at 04:41:36PM -0800, Carla Schroder wrote:
> > Well here's a good one, is there a way to get into a system when
> > you've lost the root password? Without a CD or boot floppy? Used to be
> > you could pass in "init=/bin/
On Sat, Mar 08, 2003 at 04:41:36PM -0800, Carla Schroder wrote:
> Well here's a good one, is there a way to get into a system when
> you've lost the root password? Without a CD or boot floppy? Used to be
> you could pass in "init=/bin/sh" from LILO, and work some /etc/shadow
> magic. (like copy the
On Saturday 08 March 2003 4:41 pm, Carla Schroder wrote:
> Well here's a good one, is there a way to get into a system when you've
> lost the root password? Without a CD or boot floppy? Used to be you could
> pass in "init=/bin/sh" from LILO, and work some /etc/shadow magic. (like
> copy the hashed
Well here's a good one, is there a way to get into a system when you've lost
the root password? Without a CD or boot floppy? Used to be you could pass in
"init=/bin/sh" from LILO, and work some /etc/shadow magic. (like copy the
hashed root password from a different system) But GRUB is different
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