On Friday 01 April 2005 10:23 am, Tobias Hirning wrote: > Hi Ray! > > > [...] > > Any other suggestion of how to become root without knowing the root > > password is a technique for breaking into systems, and I (and I > > hope everyone else) will not give advice on that publicly, in this > > forum or anywhere else. > > Why shouldn't we know how the bad can break into our systems? > I think it's always better to know exactly how they do it. > Tobias
Kernel parameter line init=/bin/(ba)sh (most effective IMO) Boot cd/disk/ etc. Physically removing the hard drive Get the shadow file and crack Overwrite the shadow file with an exploit Sniff the password from telnet/unsecure services ...And many more, these just came off the top of my head. -- ---------------------------------------- --EB > All is fine except that I can reliably "oops" it simply by trying to read > from /proc/apm (e.g. cat /proc/apm). > oops output and ksymoops-2.3.4 output is attached. > Is there anything else I can contribute? The latitude and longtitude of the bios writers current position, and a ballistic missile. --Alan Cox LKML-December 08,2000 ---------------------------------------- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
