Re: [cobalt-users] Password changed for root?

["Christian Glockner" <mail@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Sven,

I just checked and found one httpd process with user root.
The others are all owned by httpd, as configured in httpd.conf.
All the ahttpd processes are owned by root. So what I tried was copy a
script to /usr/admserv/cgi-bin which doesn't work out, as expected.

Is there any chance to get the pass working again without driving 300
kilometers?
BTW: This already happened before a few days ago, that time a reboot helped
out...

Yours
Christian

----- Original Message -----
From: ChaosIndustries <chaosindustries@xxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 7:47 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Password changed for root?


> think the only way is to hack into your own system.
>
> But when changing over the gui dowsnt work, so try out the last 3 or
> 4 passes you used, maybe the last change didnt worked too.
>
> check out with 'ps -Af ' if the httpd runs on user root.
> If so you can write a cgi to change the root pass and exucte that over
> port 81 with the browser, so the cgi have rootpermissons on the system
> and can write your rootpw back.
>
> Greets Sven
>
> Christian Glockner schrieb:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > i just wanted to log into the box (raq2) as admin and then su to root.
> > Logging in as admin was no problem, but su replies to my password-entry
with
> > "incorrect password". I have tried this many times, but it does not work
> > out, though. I did not change anything, and changing the admin password
via
> > the GUI does not change anything. I know I could reset the password
> > physically, but unfortunately the machine is remotely hosted, so that
> > doesn't come into decision.
> >
> > Anyone any tips?
> >
> > TIA
> > Yours,
> > Christian
> >
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