Re: Can I do root; then passwd to change root password?
Hi, sorry, my first mail was intended to be sent to the list, too. Am Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 11:46:57AM +0530 schrieb Avinash Joshi: > > Am Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 08:35:47AM +0530 schrieb Avinash Joshi: > > > Just > > > ~ $ sudo gainroot > > > > in this context I've got another question: > > I've never understood why I should use gainroot instead of simply typing > > `sudo > > su`. Is there any difference? > > > > Here is the thing (BTW, this is what i understand); Maemo N900 is not > supposed to allow a user to gain root access. So, the rootsh package gives > us a back-door entry :) > > And, you can aswell do a `sudo su`; but we do not have the root password in > the beginning. So, do a `sudo gainroot` and then change the root password > and then `sudo su` Okay, then maybe my problem of understanding has its origin in the fact that I bought my N900 second hand. Although I'm supposed that the former owner did not have done much with it. The thing is that on my N900 I was always allowed to gain root access by `sudo su` without any password (although there is no entry allowing su explicitly in the sudoers file...). Regards Oleg -- "Dass der Mensch das edelste Geschöpf sei, lässt sich schon daraus abnehmen, dass es ihm noch kein anderes Geschöpf widersprochen hat." Georg Christoph Lichtenberg signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: Can I do root; then passwd to change root password?
Hi f(t), You can do that. Just ~ $ sudo gainroot # passwd # exit ~ $ su Password: Hope this helps :) On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 5:07 AM, Francisco Diaz Trepat - gmail < francisco.diaztre...@gmail.com> wrote: > sorry if my question was beneath your standards. i was uncertain of it > because I read that some system processes used sudo and I thought (in my > ignorance) that I could break something if I changed the password of root. > > f(t) > > > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Andre Klapper wrote: > >> Am Mittwoch, den 20.10.2010, 18:58 -0300 schrieb Francisco Diaz Trepat: >> > Hi anyone know whether doing: >> > 1 root (to gain root access) >> > 2 passwd (to change the password) >> > would couse a meltdown of my phone? >> >> If you type "Google" into Google, you can break the internet! >> >> andre >> -- >> Andre Klapper (maemo.org bugmaster) >> >> ___ >> maemo-users mailing list >> maemo-users@maemo.org >> https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users >> > > > ___ > maemo-users mailing list > maemo-users@maemo.org > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users > > -- Thanks & Regards, Avinash Joshi Web: http://avinashjoshi.co.in ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: Can I do root; then passwd to change root password?
sorry if my question was beneath your standards. i was uncertain of it because I read that some system processes used sudo and I thought (in my ignorance) that I could break something if I changed the password of root. f(t) On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Andre Klapper wrote: > Am Mittwoch, den 20.10.2010, 18:58 -0300 schrieb Francisco Diaz Trepat: > > Hi anyone know whether doing: > > 1 root (to gain root access) > > 2 passwd (to change the password) > > would couse a meltdown of my phone? > > If you type "Google" into Google, you can break the internet! > > andre > -- > Andre Klapper (maemo.org bugmaster) > > ___ > maemo-users mailing list > maemo-users@maemo.org > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users > ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: Can I do root; then passwd to change root password?
hahaha. +1 On 10/20/10, Andre Klapper wrote: > Am Mittwoch, den 20.10.2010, 18:58 -0300 schrieb Francisco Diaz Trepat: >> Hi anyone know whether doing: >> 1 root (to gain root access) >> 2 passwd (to change the password) >> would couse a meltdown of my phone? > > If you type "Google" into Google, you can break the internet! > > andre > -- > Andre Klapper (maemo.org bugmaster) > > ___ > maemo-users mailing list > maemo-users@maemo.org > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users > -- DY ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: Can I do root; then passwd to change root password?
Am Mittwoch, den 20.10.2010, 18:58 -0300 schrieb Francisco Diaz Trepat: > Hi anyone know whether doing: > 1 root (to gain root access) > 2 passwd (to change the password) > would couse a meltdown of my phone? If you type "Google" into Google, you can break the internet! andre -- Andre Klapper (maemo.org bugmaster) ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Can I do root; then passwd to change root password?
Hi anyone know whether doing: 1 root (to gain root access) 2 passwd (to change the password) would couse a meltdown of my phone? f(t) ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
