Re: HELP! Is that possible "creating a user named root but acturallynot the administrator root"

yes, I login with "toor" as root successfully. 2010/2/14 Chris Rees : > On 13 February 2010 18:10, Matthew Seaman wrote: >> On 13/02/2010 17:49, Bob Johnson wrote: >> >>> It is possible (I don't remember) that the "toor" account does not >>> have a shell in the default passwd file. If that's the

Re: HELP! Is that possible "creating a user named root but acturallynot the administrator root"

On 13 February 2010 18:10, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 13/02/2010 17:49, Bob Johnson wrote: > >> It is possible (I don't remember) that the "toor" account does not >> have a shell in the default passwd file. If that's the problem, use >> vipw to add the path to a shell as the last field on the line

Re: HELP! Is that possible "creating a user named root but acturallynot the administrator root"

On 13/02/2010 17:49, Bob Johnson wrote: > It is possible (I don't remember) that the "toor" account does not > have a shell in the default passwd file. If that's the problem, use > vipw to add the path to a shell as the last field on the line. The > "root" account should provide a good example, o

Re: HELP! Is that possible "creating a user named root but acturallynot the administrator root"

On 2/12/10, Jason Lin wrote: > I try this method, after set the password of "toor", > I can't login with the account "toor". It is possible (I don't remember) that the "toor" account does not have a shell in the default passwd file. If that's the problem, use vipw to add the path to a shell as t

Re: HELP! Is that possible "creating a user named root but acturallynot the administrator root"

I try this method, after set the password of "toor", I can't login with the account "toor". "Bogdan Webb" ??:c81e6afd1002102307l2b089a76p36a8d67d3085a...@mail.gmail.com... > Edit the /etc/master.passwd and /etc/passwd records to change the uid and > gid of the "root" account BUT FIRST MAKE

Re: HELP! Is that possible "creating a user named root but acturallynot the administrator root"

Edit the /etc/master.passwd and /etc/passwd records to change the uid and gid of the "root" account BUT FIRST MAKE SURE YOU ADD (or changed password of) ANOTHER UID0 ACCOUNT here's an example: etc/master.passwd: root:*PASSWORD HASH*:99:99::0:0:Charlie &:/root:/bin/csh and /etc/passwd root:*:99:99:

Re: HELP! Is that possible "creating a user named root but acturallynot the administrator root"

Lin Taosheng wrote: >Is that possible to implementated? No. I think not. But I have not tried it either. Can I ask what do you want to achieve? Because I had the same thought once, concerning how to combat once-increasing script-driven SSH brute-force attack. But I was instead have a better so