Re: Reset root password
From: Moe Trin (ibuprofin_at_painkiller.example.tld)
Date: 05/25/05
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Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 19:56:01 -0500
In article <6476$42927cd0$c690c3ba$17862@TSOFT.COM>, Rick Moen wrote:
>Moe Trin <ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld> wrote:
>> In article <706c8$42918214$c690c3ba$11994@TSOFT.COM>, Rick Moen wrote:
>>>After a while, it dawned on us to extend the NFS/NIS server's monitor
>>>and keyboard cables downstairs to serve as a (heavily locked down)
>>>text-only e-mail workstation that you were welcome to use even without
>>>buying any food or coffee.
>>
>> We'd be against that. Our servers are servers, and the only people who
>> can log in are staff.
>
>I wish I could remember exactly what sets of permissions and ownership
>The CoffeeNet's proprietor, my friend Richard Couture, set such that he
>felt it rational to assume that risk on an NFS/NIS master. I can't
>quite remember.
Perhaps chroot? Or running this login under NDS/NIS over the loopback,
and a restricted shell.
>I do remember raising an eyebrow double-plus high, when
>he originally mentioned the idea.
Got THAT one right. Wowser!!! I take it this was a while ago, when just
about every application had shell escapes and all that to worry about.
Having the source, you could get in and hack those out before compiling.
Old guy
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