Re: HELP! Is that possible creating a user named root but acturallynot the administrator root
On 2/12/10, Jason Lin taosheng@gmail.com 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 the last field on the line. The root account should provide a good example, or look at the line for your own user account. /bin/csh should work for recent versions of FreeBSD. - Bob ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
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, or look at the line for
your own user account. /bin/csh should work for recent versions of
FreeBSD.
An empty field for the user shell in /etc/{master.,}passwd means the
account gets the default shell, which in the case of FreeBSD is /bin/sh.
Shouldn't cause the observed problem.
Cheers,
Matthew
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Re: HELP! Is that possible creating a user named root but acturallynot the administrator root
On 13 February 2010 18:10, Matthew Seaman m.sea...@black-earth.co.uk 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. The
root account should provide a good example, or look at the line for
your own user account. /bin/csh should work for recent versions of
FreeBSD.
An empty field for the user shell in /etc/{master.,}passwd means the
account gets the default shell, which in the case of FreeBSD is /bin/sh.
Shouldn't cause the observed problem.
Cheers,
Matthew
I would imagine then that /etc/ttys is set to 'insecure' for all.
Can you log in as root Jason?
Chris
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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 utis...@googlemail.com:
On 13 February 2010 18:10, Matthew Seaman m.sea...@black-earth.co.uk 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. The
root account should provide a good example, or look at the line for
your own user account. /bin/csh should work for recent versions of
FreeBSD.
An empty field for the user shell in /etc/{master.,}passwd means the
account gets the default shell, which in the case of FreeBSD is /bin/sh.
Shouldn't cause the observed problem.
Cheers,
Matthew
I would imagine then that /etc/ttys is set to 'insecure' for all.
Can you log in as root Jason?
Chris
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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 bog...@pgn.ro ??: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 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:Charlie :/root:/bin/csh check the toor account it's already created by freebsd but it doesn't have a password, 1st apply a password for that account, triple check that it's usable then edit the records (keep in mind that the 99 uid and 99gid in my examples are fake try giving your's the uid and gid of the nobody account, or someother) cheers! 2010/2/11 Anthony M. Rasat anthony.ra...@gmail.com 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 solution using fail2ban to easily thwart those SSH brute force attack. Is that your situation? Regards, Anthony M. Rasat Manager - Technical, Network and Support Division PT. Jawa Pos National Network Graha Pena Jawa Pos Group Building, 5th floor Jln. Raya Kebayoran Lama 12, Jakarta Selatan 12210 Indonesia.- Phone 02132185562 Phone 081574217035 Fax 02153651465 Web http://www.jpnn.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
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 solution using fail2ban to easily thwart those SSH brute force attack. Is that your situation? Regards, Anthony M. Rasat Manager - Technical, Network and Support Division PT. Jawa Pos National Network Graha Pena Jawa Pos Group Building, 5th floor Jln. Raya Kebayoran Lama 12, Jakarta Selatan 12210 Indonesia.- Phone 02132185562 Phone 081574217035 Fax 02153651465 Web http://www.jpnn.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
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:Charlie :/root:/bin/csh check the toor account it's already created by freebsd but it doesn't have a password, 1st apply a password for that account, triple check that it's usable then edit the records (keep in mind that the 99 uid and 99gid in my examples are fake try giving your's the uid and gid of the nobody account, or someother) cheers! 2010/2/11 Anthony M. Rasat anthony.ra...@gmail.com 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 solution using fail2ban to easily thwart those SSH brute force attack. Is that your situation? Regards, Anthony M. Rasat Manager - Technical, Network and Support Division PT. Jawa Pos National Network Graha Pena Jawa Pos Group Building, 5th floor Jln. Raya Kebayoran Lama 12, Jakarta Selatan 12210 Indonesia.- Phone 02132185562 Phone 081574217035 Fax 02153651465 Web http://www.jpnn.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
