if you reboot in single user mode you could edit any files again to
correct the problem. when lilo boots type 'linux single' (or something
similar, the 'single' part is most important).
Good luck.
Scott Spence
Noggon Limited
On Mon, 25 Jan 1999, Alexander Feldman wrote:
> Hi,
>
> To increase security on of my machines I edited the /etc/securetty to
> allow root login only form tty1 to tty6. This way I made me and my cosysop
> to login as particular users and to say "su" when needed. This obviously
> was a good idea because I stopped doing things as root, which I could do
> with user privileges.
> The problem came when the root password expired. Now when I type "su" it
> denies the password and in the "/logs/syslog" is added a messeg "root
> password expired.". So now I'm unable to gain root and the machine is
> remote. If you don't help me this night (we are GMT-2) I have to go to the
> machine on the morning.
> Is there any idea of how to gain root access?
>
> Thank you very much in advance.
>
> -- Alexander Feldman
>
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