-----Original Message-----
From: Jack Hatfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wednesday, May 06, 1998 2:07 PM
Subject: root password unknown
>I had someone leave and they only knew the password.
You're going to get lots of technical answers, so I'll leave that part
alone.
But there's a non-technical solution to this. One phone call from your
attorney, and you'll have that password back.
Then, hopefully, next time that password will be known to the administrator
*AND* somebody else, such as his supervisor, at the minimum.
This, of course, wouldn't prevent him from changing it right before he left,
which is why you need to keep the non-technical solution in mind because you
may need it.
You're talking about someone taking a deliberate action that deprives you of
the use of your company's property. That's grounds for a great lawsuit. So
you let your attorney call him and politely ask for the password.
Takes less time than cracking it, unless there's a known buffer-overflow
hole that hasn't been closed on your system.
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