The problem is not gaining root access at all. The problem is gaining root
access via telnet. If I go to the console of the machine it will not be
any problem to login from the console and revalidate the root password.
On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Scott Spence wrote:
> 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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