Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 21:52:34 +1000 From: jonathan michaels <jon@caamora.com.au> To: veenoghu@uvic.ca, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Craig Critchley <craigc@nwlink.com>, Smc659@aol.com Subject: Re: Locking myself out of Root @ Wheel Message-ID: <19990920215234.A10431@caamora.com.au> In-Reply-To: <NDBBILDCDHKKMPLMPMKBIEGCEBAA.veenoghu@uvic.ca>; from Morgan Stewart on Mon, Sep 20, 1999 at 12:17:35AM -0700 References: <0da701bf0334$8ba65620$0201010a@fuzzer.com> <NDBBILDCDHKKMPLMPMKBIEGCEBAA.veenoghu@uvic.ca>
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On Mon, Sep 20, 1999 at 12:17:35AM -0700, Morgan Stewart wrote: > >i think on bsd you have to be a member of wheel to su - an extra layer of > >security. > > > >you should be able to remount the fs as rw in single user mode. > >it defaults to ro so you have time to fsck it before matters get worse in the > >event of a crash. > > > >If you have "The Complete FreeBSD" its in ch12, Starting and Stopping The > >System. now would be a good time ti implement some important stuff sue kept pounding into my thick head .. backup, backup, backup and when you think you have done enough do another backup. greg, puts in a passable parragraph or two in 'tcfbsd' (1) about how to use a std floppy diskette, also sue did a piece for deamonnews a while ago about how to use floppy diskettes as a basic storage device. a diskette would be an ideal place to put these pesky config files from /etc if you use good quality diskettes and make a two diskette combination and keep one in a data safe (of a cool dry place out of harms way -- i.e. no in your shirt pocket or sue's deamon emblazoned black f.l.skirt's pocket) and the other one in a envelope or diskette caddy in your desk drawer. i've found doing simple things like this manages to keep panaic attacks to a minimum. though i use a 500mb scsi streamer tape or the odd 150/250 mb tapes i've got laying around. no need to bak up the lot, just those important stuff and you can even use a formated but not fs'd diskette as tar will write to a raw device. please check this bit of infrmation i could have confused it with another tar alike that will do just that. i mean write to a formated but not fs'd (as a raw device i think) diskette. someting to think about fro next time ... cheers regards jonathan > >Disclaimer: newbie information... > > ...Craig this applies here to i suppose. -- =============================================================================== Jonathan Michaels PO Box 144, Rosebery, NSW 1445 Australia ===========================================================<jon@caamora.com.au> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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