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Re: SunOS exploit.
From: juphoff () TARSIER CV NRAO EDU (Jeff Uphoff)
Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 11:20:01 -0400
TL> On sunos, if you execute a clean bash shell then type, export USER="root"
TL> then USER=$LOGNAME, then execute chsh root or chfn root you can change
TL> the root information.
TL> On the SunOS system i have [...]
What version(s) of SunOS?
I just tried this on an old 4.1.2 system I have and I could not
duplicate it.
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Current thread:
- Re: SunOS exploit. Jeff Uphoff (May 19)
- Re: SunOS exploit. Trevor Linton (May 18)
- /dev/tcx0 crashes SunOS 4.1.4 on Sparc 20's Dixon Ly (May 19)
- Re: /dev/tcx0 crashes SunOS 4.1.4 on Sparc 20's Fabrice Planchon (May 20)
- Fun with devices [was: Re: /dev/tcx0 crashes SunOS 4.1.4 on Sparc Walter Hafner (May 21)
- write(1) test (May 21)
- Re: write(1) Jauder Ho (May 22)
- Re: Fun with devices [was: Re: /dev/tcx0 crashes SunOS 4.1.4 on Mike Scher (May 21)
- Re: Fun with devices [was: Re: /dev/tcx0 crashes SunOS 4.1.4 on Doug Hughes (May 22)
- /dev/tcx0 crashes SunOS 4.1.4 on Sparc 20's Dixon Ly (May 19)
- Re: SunOS exploit. Trevor Linton (May 18)