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Re: [SLE] Re: security hole?
- From: Marcel Broekman <m.broek@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 15 Jul 2002 08:25:36 +0200
- Message-id: <1026714336.15550.12.camel@stinkpad>
On Mon, 2002-07-15 at 03:15, Ben Rosenberg wrote:
> Yes, but this is possible with every OS. I wish I could express how
> often our developers forget their root passwds and user passwds on their
> Sun boxes..it would make your head spin. It's as easy as this to get
> into a Sun box if you have physical access....
>
> 1. stop + a then boot cdrom -s
or ctrl + break with a non-Sun keyboard
> 2. Once booted you do this 'mount -o rw /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 /a
> 3. vi /a/etc/passwd
correction!!:
3. vi /a/etc/shadow
"null" the second field of the root entry
cheers, Marcel
> Yes, but this is possible with every OS. I wish I could express how
> often our developers forget their root passwds and user passwds on their
> Sun boxes..it would make your head spin. It's as easy as this to get
> into a Sun box if you have physical access....
>
> 1. stop + a then boot cdrom -s
or ctrl + break with a non-Sun keyboard
> 2. Once booted you do this 'mount -o rw /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 /a
> 3. vi /a/etc/passwd
correction!!:
3. vi /a/etc/shadow
"null" the second field of the root entry
cheers, Marcel
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