Re: [Full-disclosure] Root password change
- From: "Gary E. Miller" <gem@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 18:21:02 -0800 (PST)
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Yo Kerry!
On Fri, 31 Mar 2006, Kerry Thompson wrote:
Most *nix systems these days require you to enter the root password before
giving you a shell in single user mode.
Trivial to defeat. Just boot in to single user mode with these kernel
options:
single init=/bin/bash
The nothing runs off the root partition execpt a nice bash shell for you.
RGDS
GARY
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gem@xxxxxxxxxx Tel:+1(541)382-8588
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