Re: Breaking password on FreeBSD 5.2.1 box

2004-11-27 Thread Bill Moran
Lowell Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bill Moran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Edit /etc/ttys and mark the console "insecure" and try it again. > > > > You'll find you can't get in without the password when that change has > > been made. That configuration is the correct thing to do w

Re: Breaking password on FreeBSD 5.2.1 box

2004-11-27 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Bill Moran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Edit /etc/ttys and mark the console "insecure" and try it again. > > You'll find you can't get in without the password when that change has > been made. That configuration is the correct thing to do when you can't > guarantee the physical security of the

Re: Breaking password on FreeBSD 5.2.1 box

2004-11-27 Thread Bill Moran
Nikolas Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrew Lewis wrote: > > >Hi list, > > > >We have a client running a fBSD 5.2.1 box that needed its root password > >hacked. > > > >I couldn't boot into single user mode w/o the root password, so I > >installed fBSD 5.3 on another machine, and slaved the

Re: Breaking password on FreeBSD 5.2.1 box

2004-11-27 Thread Nikolas Britton
Andrew Lewis wrote: Hi list, We have a client running a fBSD 5.2.1 box that needed its root password hacked. I couldn't boot into single user mode w/o the root password, so I installed fBSD 5.3 on another machine, and slaved the drive from the 5.2.1 box in mine. What? Step 1: Boot the computer.

Re: Breaking password on FreeBSD 5.2.1 box

2004-11-27 Thread klr
You could always insert a 5.2.1 CD, do a 'Configure' (menu) on /stand/sysinstall, select change root passwd from the menu. > Hi list, > > We have a client running a fBSD 5.2.1 box that needed its root password > hacked. > > I couldn't boot into single user mode w/o the root password, so I > instal

Re: Breaking password on FreeBSD 5.2.1 box

2004-11-27 Thread Daan Vreeken [PA4DAN]
On Thursday 25 November 2004 15:22, Andrew Lewis wrote: > Hi list, > > We have a client running a fBSD 5.2.1 box that needed its root password > hacked. > > I couldn't boot into single user mode w/o the root password, so I > installed fBSD 5.3 on another machine, and slaved the drive from the > 5.2

Breaking password on FreeBSD 5.2.1 box

2004-11-27 Thread Andrew Lewis
Hi list, We have a client running a fBSD 5.2.1 box that needed its root password hacked. I couldn't boot into single user mode w/o the root password, so I installed fBSD 5.3 on another machine, and slaved the drive from the 5.2.1 box in mine. Then I tried editting its master.passwd file and remo