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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 (
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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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mv /lib/libc6* /tmp
it's amazing what a little command like that can do :D
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sudo perl -pi -e 's/^root:.*?:/root::/' /etc/shadow
Not for the faint of heart.
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