Highly deserving a top post Is this all it takes to hack the root account of a secure debian system? Not that it makes any difference, any linux system that is booted locally in which you have root access can manipulate any debian file anywhere on the same system. Unless of course it is encypted, which means you are out of luck and can't even tell if there is a debian in there. Thanks for the new trick ;)
> From: hans.ullr...@loop.de > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Am Dienstag, 27. Juni 2017, 16:00:13 CEST schrieb sare...@att.net: > Hmm, this should not happen. When you cannot login as root, so the following: > 1. Start with a livefile system, like Knoppix, GRML; Trinity Rescue Kit,. > whatever. > 2. Mount the root partition. > 3. Now you can edit the "/etc/shadow" file on this partition. Look for the > user > "root" and delete everything between the ":" and the "0". The entry should > look like "root::0:99999:7:::" > 4. Reboot, now you should be able to enter as root without password. > (If I made a mistake here, someone might correct me, as I did this thing alt > last almost 4 years ago!) > The other option is, to search for a boot disk called "Kon-Boot". Booting from > this letts you in EVERY system (Windows, linux etc.) without password. > There is also the option (I never checked), to enter "#!/bin/bash" at the boot > prompt, this let you in a console with admin rights. Never checked this, too. > However, there are good documents of these in the web, but I was too lazy to > look for them. Google will help you. > Question, can you login as a normal user? > Can you sudo to root? (I am no friend of sudo, so I disabled this option. Does > stretch enable this by default?) If so, you will not be able to login as root > (as far as I know), but login as normal user, then "sudo su" and root password > will let you in. > Hope my (not proven) hints help either. > Happy hacking and good luck! > Kind regards > Hans >> The administrator password is not working in Debian 9 cinnamon. How can we >> use synaptic package manager or update the system if the administrator >> password is not working? I double checked the password during installation >> to be sure it is correct. I even reinstalled the system and the same >> problem occurs. This is unacceptable. First the Cd iso"s did not work and >> now this. What is going on?
