On 05 Jul 2025, 05:18:28, Javier Martinez wrote: > El 5/7/25 a las 1:46, Nuno Silva escribió: > > On 2025-07-04, Javier Martinez wrote: > > > > > El 4/7/25 a las 19:58, whiteman808 escribió: > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > I have a possibly stupid question motivated by curiosity. Is it > > > > possible to gain access to root account, or maybe at least have an > > > > access to regular user console, or even unlock desktop session > > > > without knowing password of root or regular user's password? How > > > > this can be done? I'm talking about computer not having any remote > > > > services like ssh exposed, even in lan > > > > > > > > What should I do if for example I forgot hypothetically luks > > > > encryption password but still have computer powered on and locked > > > > gnome or kde session? > > > > > > > > What in case if PC doesn't have enabled magic sysrq? > > > > > > > > Just asking because I'm curious, not because I have problem described > > > > above > > > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > whiteman808. > > > > > > > > > ctrl+alt+backspace can give you terminal access if you locked your X > > > windows and it had not been started from a display manager (so started > > > with startx) > > > > Unless you've locked it with vlock, I suppose? > > > > (vlock -na) > > > > IMHO vlock can't lock standard tty. > > I want mean, vlock can lock all xterms you have opened for example, not the > login session opened at tty2
I ask about if it's possible to gain in some smart way access to data stored on powered on physical computer while PC is locked (tty or DE) and I want know about methods of doing it.
