Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 11:13:17 -0700 From: Craig Cowen <craig@allmaui.com> To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: su change? Message-ID: <3ACA12BD.A8706D97@allmaui.com> References: <005401c0bc63$7cb36650$0202a8c0@majorzoot> <001f01c0bc68$681a2b20$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> <20010403140935.F9618@pir.net>
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I worked at an isp and the office staff was responsible for terminating accounts. Well, one particular staff member kept screwing up in vi and wiping out the root user's entry. That's when I made them use chsh <user> I believe that it will give error messages like visudo to common mistakes. Peter Radcliffe wrote: > Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> probably said: > > Just consider your friend lucky - doing similar things to the root account > > on any enterprise UNIX (UnixWare, Solaris, AIX) could require a complete > > reinstall - especially if it's running C2-level security. > > False. > > Solaris, certainly, would just require booting from cdrom, mounting / > and editing the password file. > > P. > > -- > pir pir@pir.net pir@net.tufts.edu > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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