> the file /etc/passwd is readable by everyone and anyone with a userid of
> 0 has root privilages I think. I have never tried this but seems like I
> read that you could change a userid to 0 and have an effective root.
Yes, the above is true. And when you do it you'll be surprised that
there
On Wed, 2002-09-11 at 19:59, ebinc wrote:
> Hi
> Is their somthing I can type in after I remotly log in as su, that will
> display if anybody else has root privalige
> or users in general
> Thanks Ed
>
if you are wanting to see who is logged in you can do
w
if you want to see processes running
On Wed, 2002-09-11 at 21:41, ebinc wrote:
> Thanks for helping
> Do I just type cat /etc/passwd like this at the prompt
> what exactly do I type for group
Yes, in your terminal window just type "cat /etc/passwd". That will
display the entire list of the users with accounts on your system. Mos
Thanks for helping
Do I just type cat /etc/passwd like this at the prompt
what exactly do I type for group
You wrote
Your users are recorded in /etc/passwd... just do a 'cat /etc/passwd' to
see all the users on that system. Then for anyone you wish to determine
the group allocation for you ca
> to see all the groups on your system run 'groups'.
>
sorry.. to see the groups.. cat /etc/group
Anthony
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On Wed, 2002-09-11 at 20:59, ebinc wrote:
> Hi
> Is their somthing I can type in after I remotly log in as su, that will
> display if anybody else has root privalige
> or users in general
> Thanks Ed
Your users are recorded in /etc/passwd... just do a 'cat /etc/passwd' to
see all the users on th
