[frgeek-michiana] Re: Ubuntu Security
- From: Tony Germano <tony_germano@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 17:08:15 -0400
I agree with Mike. I don't really see a problem here. Anyone that I let get
near my computers is not someone that I fear will try to own my system, even if
they did have the unlikely knowledge to do so.
Tony
> Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 13:09:00 -0400
> From: mikecook@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: Ubuntu Security
>
> Generally, it is pretty easy to bypass password security on any system to
> which you have physical access. Another good reason to use strong encryption
> for your personal data. I'm really not sure that this is a problem we need to
> worry about.
>
> Mike
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: chuq <chuq00@xxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Sep 26, 2010 11:36 AM
> >To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: Ubuntu Security
> >
> >I went to my daughters computer to run some updates which I had been
> >neglecting for quite sometime now, and low and behold I could not
> >remember MY user name, and I am the only one on the sudoers list, I did
> >not think that I would be able to easily change my password. Boy was I
> >WRONG, as a matter of fact, anyone that does a standard Ubuntu install
> >is quite easily able to have their system pwned by anyone that can
> >reboot their system.
> >Here is what to do to change the password and then I will tell what can
> >be done to fix that.
> >First off boot the system up and move the cursor down to recovery I
> >believe it was under the Kernel listing in grub.
> >Once there go to drop to root
> >since no password was ever set for root you now have root access to the
> >system. simply type passwd USERNAMEHERE and it will prompt you 2 times
> >for the new password.
> >exit out of there and start up the system and you are in..
> >To fix this SET A ROOT PASSWORD!!
> >Or better yet set a grub password so that way no one can make any
> >changes without the password.
> >I would recommend setting a root password on all volunteer boxes to our
> >usual root password on systems, and the user on the freeboxes will be in
> >the sudoers list and can do what they need but this way in case
> >something ever happens we can go in as root and possibly recover the
> >system.
> >
> >Chuq
> >
> >
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