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

[Phillip Bennett]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Meyer" <meyerri at westnet.com.au>
To: "PLUG" <plug at plug.org.au>
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 11:48 AM
Subject: [plug] Interesting command that may make root access more fun ..


> 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.
>
>
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> Richard Meyer <meyerri at westnet.com.au>
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That's actually a really good one if you happen to forget the root password. 
I have used this one a couple of times on boxes I haven't accessed for a 
long time. :)

Phil.