Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 16:46:54 -0400 From: Roman Katsnelson <romank@graphnet.com> To: Sean Harding <sharding@jezebel.uoregon.edu>, "q's" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: root passwd Message-ID: <359165BE.582C44FD@graphnet.com> References: <Pine.SOL.3.96.980624133331.6691G-100000@jezebel.uoregon.edu>
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Thanks. What is the path to the passwd file exactly? /bin/passwd didn't work. Sean Harding wrote: > Try /bin/passwd, or you can just edit the passwd file if you have > to...It's just that passwd isn't in your path. > > > b) if it DOES work -- itsn't it a serious security issue that anyone > > with the access to the FAQ (which is every literate person in the > > They can't get the root password, but they can change it. Remember, that > physical access is *always* root access, no matter what you do. You don't > want people to have root, physically secure the machine. Sure, there are > measures you can take (maint. passwd, etc.), but if they really want in, > they can get in. And if you lock it out completely, you are screwed if > something happens to the root passwd. > > Sean To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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