[plug] Interesting command that may make root access more fun ..

Tomasz Grzegurzko tomasz89 at gmail.com
Fri May 25 18:50:42 WST 2007


On 5/25/07, Richard Meyer <meyerri at westnet.com.au> wrote:
>
> Sorry I didn't know exactly how to word the subject line, but my son
> came up with something interesting that gets him root login without the
> root password. He has to have sudo access and then types (at a console)
> "sudo su" and there he is in all his glory.
>
> Interesting way to make yourself root permanently without the password.
> Trust a 15-year-old to come up with something like that.
>
>
sudo su -
is better...

Tomasz
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