At 08:30 9/11/2003 -0700, you wrote:
If he's as 'smart' as you say he is, rewrite 'passwd' to do nothing. He'll
think he changed it, he'll forget anyway, and you're home free!
Etch-a-Sketch and mauve databases, huh?
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At 10:06 9/11/2003 -0400, you wrote:
Gah! Are you local to the DC/MD/VA area? I'd be happy to come over and
hit him with the security clue-stick, pro-bono. :)
Aw, maa... Jason, what's your hometown?
I was just wandering the DeClued area (from Reston to Baltimore) from
Thursday through
Kelerion wrote:
small world.. you must know my boss.. a) describes him perfectly!! :)
whats even more ironic.. is when I approached him about this.. he said
"but changing the password on a regular basis sounds like a good idea
for security.."
My suggestion to appease your "security minded" boss:
On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 11:30, Greg Bradner wrote:
> If he's as 'smart' as you say he is, rewrite 'passwd' to do nothing.
> He'll think he changed it, he'll forget anyway, and you're home free!
Actually, that's already a feature on many unpatched Linux boxen. It's
called a rootkit. ;-)
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If he's as 'smart' as you say he is, rewrite 'passwd' to do nothing.
He'll think he changed it, he'll forget anyway, and you're home free!
Ed Wilts wrote:
On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 10:06:22AM -0400, Jason Dixon wrote:
On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 10:03, Kelerion wrote:
sm
On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 10:06:22AM -0400, Jason Dixon wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 10:03, Kelerion wrote:
> > small world.. you must know my boss.. a) describes him perfectly!! :)
> >
> > whats even more ironic.. is when I approached him about this.. he said
> > "but changing the password on a r
little further away than that.. lol.. am in the UK :)
if he says anything like that again.. *I'll* hit him the with "security
clue-stick" and give you credit for it :) sure that'll work out just
fine.. lol
Cheers
Kel. ;)
Jason Dixon wrote:
On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 10:03, Kelerion wrote:
small
On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 10:03, Kelerion wrote:
> small world.. you must know my boss.. a) describes him perfectly!! :)
>
> whats even more ironic.. is when I approached him about this.. he said
> "but changing the password on a regular basis sounds like a good idea
> for security.." my response "yea
small world.. you must know my boss.. a) describes him perfectly!! :)
whats even more ironic.. is when I approached him about this.. he said
"but changing the password on a regular basis sounds like a good idea
for security.." my response "yeah.. and it's also a royal pain in the
arse when you for
Hi Kelerion,
> Now he has a disturbing habit of changing the root password on me and
> forgetting what he set it to (he thinks this is a good thing for security)
Easiest is to create another user with uid 0 (toor, admin, whatever) and
use that account yourself. See man useradd.
And explain t
On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 07:43, Ed Wilts wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 07:09:43AM -0400, Jason Dixon wrote:
> > This is what sudo is for. If he insists on having root, but can't
> > remember root's password, just give him the ability to escalate his
> > permissions. If he doesn't want to enter ex
On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 07:09:43AM -0400, Jason Dixon wrote:
> This is what sudo is for. If he insists on having root, but can't
> remember root's password, just give him the ability to escalate his
> permissions. If he doesn't want to enter extra passwords, and you're ok
> with it, add the follo
I tried the sudo appraoch.. but unless I'm missing the point something
is wrong (or right.. depending on your point of view)
If I add myself to sudoers and then try to "passwd root".. I get a msg
that only root can specify a name to the "passwd" command..
However.. the "second root account" approac
On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 12:02:59 +0100
Kelerion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I was wondering if there was another way around this.. I was thinking
> that there might be a way to setup "su root" to accept *my* login as a
> trusted user and therefore not ask me for a password when I "su root"..
> th
On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 07:02, Kelerion wrote:
> guys and gals...
>
> I have a small problem and am hoping someone can help me out with it..
>
> A few weeks ago my boss requested root access to one of our webservers..
> I didn't like the idea but didn't have much of a choice.. so he got it..
>
>
guys and gals...
I have a small problem and am hoping someone can help me out with it..
A few weeks ago my boss requested root access to one of our webservers..
I didn't like the idea but didn't have much of a choice.. so he got it..
Now he has a disturbing habit of changing the root password o
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