Locked out of Root

Wojciech Puchar wojtek at wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl
Thu Oct 23 05:44:01 PDT 2008


>> group, and root login is disabled in SSH.
>>
>> Thanks for any help/advice.
>
> You'll need to reboot in single-user mode.
> E.g.,
> http://be-well.ilk.org/FreeBSD/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/admin.html#SU-WHEEL-GROUP
>
> --

and next time - do enable root login through ssh/rlogin/telnetd

there is no security gain by disabling it, as you have to know password 
too.

if course it's not bright to login as root over telnet through public 
network, but too - it's not security hole in system, just in 
administrator's brain if he/she do it this way.




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