On Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 09:44:36AM +0100, Chris Reeves wrote:
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 trick?
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...?
Bye, Chris
I had the very same thought. Since you talk of "sysdmins" I take it you are talking about a non-personal system. In that case if you need to administer the system, and need root, and don;t know how to fix your problem. you have no business being a user with root priveleges anyway.