Removing your root password

Jul 26, 2005 21:59

Yes, I know. It sounds drastic. It's not.

Install sudo. Go ahead. We'll wait for you ( Read more... )

sysadmin advice, work, sudo

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matthew July 27 2005, 06:18:14 UTC
my favorite:

mv /lib/libc6* /tmp

it's amazing what a little command like that can do :D

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ydna July 27 2005, 06:52:51 UTC
Can't resist adding this:

sudo perl -pi -e 's/^root:.*?:/root::/' /etc/shadow

Not for the faint of heart.

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ydna July 27 2005, 06:53:27 UTC
Uh. Heh. Ha ha hah ha. I love it when I make this kind of mistake. Hee hee hee.

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