On Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 10:02:03AM +0200, Gabriele Biondo wrote:
month ago i read that there is a way to gain the root privileges' over a linux box - with a little trick. Now, i do not remember that trick, but one of our sysadmins left the
company
and he doesn't want to give back that password. Is there anyone that knows that little trick? Is there anyone that knows how to configure lilo to protect from that
The way I see it, if you've got physical access to the server - security is
irrelevant.
The only way to protect yourself is to sever all network connections, power
off the server and stick in a locked safe - I'd argue that its not worth
having a server in this situation! :-)
Paul Miles
Low cost domain and web hosting
www.allsecuredomain.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Reeves"
Depending upon how well the system has been secured, there are a number of ways of gaining root privileges. However, we are left in kind of a moral dilemma as to whether or not you have a genuine problem - you could just
as
well be wanting to learn how to crack linux systems in general...
Can you convince us that you're genuine...?
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