On Mon, 28 Jan 2002 16:00:28 -0800
"Karsten M. Self" wrote:
> on Fri, Jan 25, 2002 at 07:01 PM -0500, Brian J. Zuk ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> wrote:
> > I'd recommend Tom's Root Boot disk(http://www.toms.net/rb/). The boot
> > disk maker will run in Linux or Windows(shuts down windows and runs
> > L
on Fri, Jan 25, 2002 at 07:01 PM -0500, Brian J. Zuk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> I'd recommend Tom's Root Boot disk(http://www.toms.net/rb/). The boot
> disk maker will run in Linux or Windows(shuts down windows and runs
> Linux using loadlin). Boot the workstation with the Tom's disk
> insid
also try to figure out what speed (10, 100, autodetect) you're using on each
nic.
RF
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From: "Pete Ryland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Debian users mailinglist"
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 4:20 AM
Subject: Re: root password forgotten
On Sat, Jan 26, 2002 at 04:47:55AM +, Stig Brautaset wrote:
> * Andreas Leitner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thus:
> > 1) Issue "linux init=/bin/sh" on the lilo promt
> > 2) Use john to crack the root password
>
> The machine would have to be a monster if john where to use only minutes
> to crack
this technique ( init=/bin/sh, with a remount, edit passwd ) has worked
for me in
the past as well, also, dont forget to umount after you are done, and
perhaps a sync
this is a cool trick, that emphisises the importance of physical security
darrell
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
One thing you can
On Sat, Jan 26, 2002 at 05:04:45AM +0100, Andreas Leitner wrote:
> On every standard Debian install, anybody can gain the root password
> within minutes (given the attacker has phyiscal access to the box):
As others have said, if an attacker has unrestricted physical access
to the machine, he has
--begin quoted message from Sean 'Shaleh' Perry,
> >
> > Wow, I kind of knew there were ways to gain root access or even find out
> > the root password quite easily, but that's really really easy...
> >
> > On every standard Debian install, anybody can gain the root password
> > within minutes (
On Sat, Jan 26, 2002 at 12:36:01AM +0100, Pieter De Troyer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> After letting it catch some dust in the past months I dug up an old
> workstation that wasn't completely configured yet.
>
> Problem: don't remember the root password. Only the password from the
> only other user account
* Andreas Leitner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thus:
> On Sat, 2002-01-26 at 03:03, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
>>
>> On 25-Jan-2002 Michael Jinks wrote:
>>> One thing you can do: hold left shift during boot to get a prompt, and
>>> at the "LILO:" prompt enter "Linux init=/bin/sh" (possibly replacing
>
> Wow, I kind of knew there were ways to gain root access or even find out
> the root password quite easily, but that's really really easy...
>
> On every standard Debian install, anybody can gain the root password
> within minutes (given the attacker has phyiscal access to the box):
>
(warni
On Sat, 2002-01-26 at 03:03, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
>
> On 25-Jan-2002 Michael Jinks wrote:
> > One thing you can do: hold left shift during boot to get a prompt, and
> > at the "LILO:" prompt enter "Linux init=/bin/sh" (possibly replacing
> > "Linux" with another image name if your box doesn'
On Fri, 25 Jan 2002, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
> (lower case 'linux init=/bin/sh' usually)
I don't think LILO cares what case you throw at it.
--
Baloo
On 25-Jan-2002 Michael Jinks wrote:
> One thing you can do: hold left shift during boot to get a prompt, and
> at the "LILO:" prompt enter "Linux init=/bin/sh" (possibly replacing
> "Linux" with another image name if your box doesn't have the default).
>
> The root fs will come up read-only. To
I'd recommend Tom's Root Boot disk(http://www.toms.net/rb/). The boot disk
maker will run in Linux or Windows(shuts down windows and runs Linux using
loadlin). Boot the workstation with the Tom's disk inside, follow the
directions, mount the harddrive(/dev/hda?) and either edit the password f
One thing you can do: hold left shift during boot to get a prompt, and
at the "LILO:" prompt enter "Linux init=/bin/sh" (possibly replacing
"Linux" with another image name if your box doesn't have the default).
The root fs will come up read-only. To be able to mount other
filesystems and otherwis
what I would do: take the harddrive to another machine
edit /etc/passwd and in the root entry delete the x next to the user name.
after that, root access does not need password. place the hd back inthe
workstation and turn it on. login as root and change the password as
usual. There are better way
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