On Sat, 2014-03-15 at 11:29 +0000, Tom Furie wrote: > On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 10:09:33PM +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: > > On 15/03/14 21:45, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > > If another OS had not been available but I knew the root password, is > > > there some way I could have gained access as root? > > > # passwd `grep 1000 /etc/passwd | cut -d : -f1` > > That doesn't help him until he's logged into the system.
On Sat, 2014-03-15 at 05:45 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > I knew the root password It likely does help him, my hint anyway is better than Scott's, because it's possible that the UID isn't 1000. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1394883193.3587.127.camel@archlinux
