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Re: password backdoors (on Apollo)
From: szabo_p () maths su oz au (Paul Szabo)
Date: Fri, 12 May 95 07:31:23 +1000
Dan Thorson <Dan_Thorson () notes seagate com> wrote:
Sure, shut the machine, REset, then (and I can't remember the exact sequence) you should be able to modify the /etc/passwd file, re-start the OS, root has the password (or lack thereof) you set up in the previous step. Just another example of physical security being important.
Good try... except that Apollos do not use /etc/passwd files. (They use the registry daemon rgyd, the /etc/passwd file being a read-only object provided for compatibility with brain-dead UNIX utilities only.) Besides, if you had set sensible permissions on your file system, then you should not be able to modify anything (let alone /etc/passwd) from Apollo's "PhaseII Shell" (the single-user mode) where you run as user.none.none. Paul Szabo - System Manager // School of Mathematics and Statistics szabo_p () maths su oz au // University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Current thread:
- Re: password backdoors (on Apollo) Dan Thorson (May 11)
- Re: password backdoors (on Apollo) Matt T. Mannhardt (May 11)
- password backdoors (on Apollo) Leonard N. Zubkoff (May 12)
- password backdoors (on Apollo) J.R. Lillard (May 12)
- Re: Known Bugs in Ultrix v4.3A Chris Ellwood (May 13)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: password backdoors (on Apollo) Paul Szabo (May 11)
- Re: password backdoors (on Apollo) Herb Peyerl (May 11)
- Re: password backdoors (on Apollo) Jas (May 12)
- Re: password backdoors (on Apollo) Matt T. Mannhardt (May 11)