Re: Wheel Group users get root access without password prompt in 6.2
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:32:05 -0400 Bill Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In response to Tek Bahadur Limbu [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Prakash Poudyal wrote: Hello Tek I think you donot have a root password it may be blank. And you know the group of the root is wheel. your user group and root group is same so be careful with that too. Hi Prakash, This is the 2nd time that I am facing this root password problem in FreeBSD-6.2. I did set the root password during sysinstall. In addition, I had even created a user account in the wheel group. However, for some strange reasons, the user got deleted and the root's password got reseted to blank when the freebsd box got rebooted. After reboot, I again have to manually set the root password and create a user account once again. All is fine and well after that. I have really found FreeBSD-6.2 stable and steady for production use however. You've got something bizarre going on with your setup. I've never seen the behaviour you describe. Are you sure that when you set the password, it actually works? It's difficult for me to even imagine what kind of problem would cause what you describe without the system also being completely unstable as well. Can you give us script captures of the process (sanitized as necessary, don't email out any passwords) so we can see what you're doing any all the messages the system provides? Hi Bill and All, I thank you and all for your concern and support. I think when I was given the post configuration setup during the last phase of the sysinstall, I made the mistake of not saving the result. I will setup on FreeBSD-6.2 tomorrow again. I will monitor the process and keep alert during the post installation setup especially on the section when adding users on the system. Thanking you... -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - -- With best regards and good wishes, Yours sincerely, Tek Bahadur Limbu (TAG/TDG Group) Jwl Systems Department Worldlink Communications Pvt. Ltd. Jawalakhel, Nepal http://www.wlink.com.np -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGeQdAVrOl+eVhOvYRAhu1AJ46sQgGRK1/85tpO/Z+v6COQmR81ACgqlQe VU8+x/hhEeXOe4n2qEsnBbA= =xuh0 -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Wheel Group users get root access without password prompt in 6.2
Prakash Poudyal wrote: Hello Tek I think you donot have a root password it may be blank. And you know the group of the root is wheel. your user group and root group is same so be careful with that too. Hi Prakash, This is the 2nd time that I am facing this root password problem in FreeBSD-6.2. I did set the root password during sysinstall. In addition, I had even created a user account in the wheel group. However, for some strange reasons, the user got deleted and the root's password got reseted to blank when the freebsd box got rebooted. After reboot, I again have to manually set the root password and create a user account once again. All is fine and well after that. I have really found FreeBSD-6.2 stable and steady for production use however. Thanking you... prakash On 6/17/07, Momchil Ivanov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 17 June 2007 11:24:46 Tek Bahadur Limbu wrote: Hi All, I just installed FreeBSD-6.2 today. However, a problem has come up. Whenever I create a new user and add them to the wheel group, they can get root access without getting a root password prompt! Is my passwd file corrupt or is it due to some misconfiguration in my freebsd box? Can somebody shed some light on this? Thanking you... How do they get root access? su root or what? Did you set password for the root account or is it just empty? -- PGP KeyID: 0x3118168B Keyserver: pgp.mit.edu Key fingerprint BB50 2983 0714 36DC D02E 158A E03D 56DA 3118 168B ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Wheel Group users get root access without password prompt in 6.2
In response to Tek Bahadur Limbu [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Prakash Poudyal wrote: Hello Tek I think you donot have a root password it may be blank. And you know the group of the root is wheel. your user group and root group is same so be careful with that too. Hi Prakash, This is the 2nd time that I am facing this root password problem in FreeBSD-6.2. I did set the root password during sysinstall. In addition, I had even created a user account in the wheel group. However, for some strange reasons, the user got deleted and the root's password got reseted to blank when the freebsd box got rebooted. After reboot, I again have to manually set the root password and create a user account once again. All is fine and well after that. I have really found FreeBSD-6.2 stable and steady for production use however. You've got something bizarre going on with your setup. I've never seen the behaviour you describe. Are you sure that when you set the password, it actually works? It's difficult for me to even imagine what kind of problem would cause what you describe without the system also being completely unstable as well. Can you give us script captures of the process (sanitized as necessary, don't email out any passwords) so we can see what you're doing any all the messages the system provides? -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Wheel Group users get root access without password prompt in 6.2
On 18/06/07, Bill Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In response to Tek Bahadur Limbu [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Prakash Poudyal wrote: [...] After reboot, I again have to manually set the root password and create a user account once again. All is fine and well after that. I have really found FreeBSD-6.2 stable and steady for production use however. You've got something bizarre going on with your setup. I've never seen the behaviour you describe. Are you sure that when you set the password, it actually works? It's difficult for me to even imagine what kind of problem would cause what you describe without the system also being completely unstable as well. [...] Maybe the OP does what he describes, but chooses the wrong button to continue the installation, so that these settings are discarded by sysinstall. I'm not sure if the stage the root password is set is some point of confusion, as described in sysinstall related discussions on this list. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Wheel Group users get root access without password prompt in 6.2
Christian Walther writes: Maybe the OP does what he describes, but chooses the wrong button to continue the installation, so that these settings are discarded by sysinstall. I've done this, and more recently than I'd like to admit. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Wheel Group users get root access without password prompt in 6.2
On Mon, 18 Jun 2007, Bill Moran wrote: In response to Tek Bahadur Limbu [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Prakash Poudyal wrote: Hello Tek I think you donot have a root password it may be blank. And you know the group of the root is wheel. your user group and root group is same so be careful with that too. Hi Prakash, This is the 2nd time that I am facing this root password problem in FreeBSD-6.2. I did set the root password during sysinstall. In addition, I had even created a user account in the wheel group. However, for some strange reasons, the user got deleted and the root's password got reseted to blank when the freebsd box got rebooted. After reboot, I again have to manually set the root password and create a user account once again. All is fine and well after that. I have really found FreeBSD-6.2 stable and steady for production use however. You've got something bizarre going on with your setup. I've never seen the behaviour you describe. Are you sure that when you set the password, it actually works? It's difficult for me to even imagine what kind of problem would cause what you describe without the system also being completely unstable as well. Can you give us script captures of the process (sanitized as necessary, don't email out any passwords) so we can see what you're doing any all the messages the system provides? -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com I've seen that before, but not since when I was first getting started out in 5.4. Did you accidentally overwrite and install at least base from scratch? Always go to post-configuration (or whatever the option is), and not the installation section.. -Garrett ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Wheel Group users get root access without password prompt in 6.2
On Sunday 17 June 2007 11:24:46 Tek Bahadur Limbu wrote: Hi All, I just installed FreeBSD-6.2 today. However, a problem has come up. Whenever I create a new user and add them to the wheel group, they can get root access without getting a root password prompt! Is my passwd file corrupt or is it due to some misconfiguration in my freebsd box? Can somebody shed some light on this? Thanking you... How do they get root access? su root or what? Did you set password for the root account or is it just empty? -- PGP KeyID: 0x3118168B Keyserver: pgp.mit.edu Key fingerprint BB50 2983 0714 36DC D02E 158A E03D 56DA 3118 168B pgp68BgpJ8TNU.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Wheel Group users get root access without password prompt in 6.2
Momchil Ivanov wrote: On Sunday 17 June 2007 11:24:46 Tek Bahadur Limbu wrote: Hi All, I just installed FreeBSD-6.2 today. However, a problem has come up. Whenever I create a new user and add them to the wheel group, they can get root access without getting a root password prompt! Is my passwd file corrupt or is it due to some misconfiguration in my freebsd box? Can somebody shed some light on this? Thanking you... How do they get root access? su root or what? Did you set password for the root account or is it just empty? Hi Momchil, I did set the password for the root account. It's not empty. All the users of the wheel group simply got access using the command: su - By the way, the problem disappeared after a normal reboot. But still, it got me alarmed. Thanks for your concern and reply. Thanking you... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
