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[alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Alex Angerhofer)]

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> 
> Root has a shell define, it is the only one on the system, everyone else
> don't have a shell.  I know root's password, but for security reasons I
> disabled telnet login and .rhosts for the root account (DOH!).
> 
> Jack
>

Jack,

do you have ssh installed on your system (or OpenSSH for that matter)?
I hope you do, especially if you are administering it over an untrusted
network! In which case you can simply ssh in to your machine as root.
While root telnet is disabled, ssh will still give you direct root 
access. Else, you may have to go into ftp and hope that you have one
of those previous versions installed with security holes through which
you can get root access :-(. 

Hope this helps, Alex.


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