Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 16:20:47 -0400 From: Peter Radcliffe <pir@pir.net> To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: su change? Message-ID: <20010403162047.G13435@pir.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10104031422550.4963-100000@bsdie.rwsystems.net>; from jwyatt@rwsystems.net on Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 02:30:12PM -0500 References: <20010403140935.F9618@pir.net> <Pine.BSF.4.10.10104031422550.4963-100000@bsdie.rwsystems.net>
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James Wyatt <jwyatt@rwsystems.net> probably said: > On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, 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. > Why is booting from CDROM a better fix than booting single-user from the > hard disk? The original poster wanted to avaoid a reboot *at all*. I didn't say it was better, I just corrected the comment that you'd have to reinstall. P. -- pir pir@pir.net pir@net.tufts.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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