Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 17:24:33 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> To: "Matt M." <matt@boda.virtualave.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: telnet into root Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004061718590.28679-100000@ren.sasknow.com> In-Reply-To: <006c01bf9ff5$f64febe0$873c67ce@800support.com>
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Matt M. wrote to freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG: > Just wondering how I can enable the option to telnet into root. And, I > forgot to add myself into the wheel group, and I need to access my box from > work and do some root stuff. Is there any other way to access the root > account? If you can access the box locally, you can log on as root and add yourself to the wheel group in /etc/groups, or, better yet, install SSH and enable root logins in /usr/local/etc/sshd.conf if you have a client that supports ssh at work. However, I think you already know the above, and you are searching for some way to access your box from work NOW, without going home and accessing the box from there. Unless you have given yourself permission to modify /etc/group, or if there is another login user who is a member of the wheel group, or you have already installed SSH with root logins enabled, you are SOL. There are no known root exploits that I can think of that would help your situation (and I would hope they would be closed pretty fast :-) So, you'll either have to go home (home = location of system) and make the change yourself, or phone someone with physical access to the system (spouse?) and step them through the process, from the root login to the /etc/group modification. (And, change your root password yourself when they're done). -- Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> Systems Administrator, Accounts Phone: +1 (306) 664-1161 SaskNow Technologies http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E Saskatoon, SK S7H 0W2 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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