s. keeling wrote:
Incoming from Roy Pluschke:
On August 14, 2004 17:04, Simon Kitching wrote:
On Sun, 2004-08-15 at 11:55, Simon Kitching wrote:
On Sun, 2004-08-15 at 06:14, Pete Clarke wrote:
Hi there,
I managed to delete the root entry in /etc/passwd whilst
playing on a te
On August 14, 2004 22:40, s. keeling wrote:
> >
> > I have to say that this is one area where windows really shines -- it is
> > much, much easier to remotely set a root/admin password in windows than
> > in linux ;)
>
> You mean, Windows boxes are easier to root remotely?
>
Yes
> Most, reasonab
Incoming from Roy Pluschke:
> On August 14, 2004 17:04, Simon Kitching wrote:
> > On Sun, 2004-08-15 at 11:55, Simon Kitching wrote:
> > > On Sun, 2004-08-15 at 06:14, Pete Clarke wrote:
> > > > Hi there,
> > > >
> > > > I managed to delete the root entry in /etc/passwd whilst
> > > > playing on a
On August 14, 2004 17:04, Simon Kitching wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-08-15 at 11:55, Simon Kitching wrote:
> > On Sun, 2004-08-15 at 06:14, Pete Clarke wrote:
> > > Hi there,
> > >
> > > I managed to delete the root entry in /etc/passwd whilst
> > > playing on a test box
> > > Is there an easy way of re-
On Sun, Aug 15, 2004 at 11:55:16AM +1200, Simon Kitching wrote:
>
> Alternatively, boot using a rescue disk, mount the filesystem containing
> the /etc/passwd file, then edit it to reinsert a root entry. I think the
> Debian install CD will function as a "rescue disk" for this purpose.
On Sun, 2004-08-15 at 11:55, Simon Kitching wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-08-15 at 06:14, Pete Clarke wrote:
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I managed to delete the root entry in /etc/passwd whilst playing
> > on a test box
> > Is there an easy way of re-inserting, or copying the backup passwd file I
> > have wit
On Sun, 2004-08-15 at 06:14, Pete Clarke wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I managed to delete the root entry in /etc/passwd whilst playing
> on a test box
> Is there an easy way of re-inserting, or copying the backup passwd file I
> have without physical access to the box?
>
> I can ssh into it, but only
Pete Clarke wrote:
Hi there,
I managed to delete the root entry in /etc/passwd whilst
playing on a test box
Is there an easy way of re-inserting, or copying the backup passwd
file I have without physical access to the box?
I can ssh into it, but only as a regular user - obviously I can't su
to
Hi there,
I managed to delete the root entry in /etc/passwd whilst playing
on a test box
Is there an easy way of re-inserting, or copying the backup passwd file I
have without physical access to the box?
I can ssh into it, but only as a regular user - obviously I can't su to root
as it doesn't
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