Re: root again


Subject: Re: root again
From: Adam Elkins (LinuxRobot@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Feb 14 2002 - 19:00:37 AKST


I changed it as soon as I got logged in. = )

Adam

On Thursday 14 February 2002 06:43 pm, bryan@ak.net wrote:
> Adam Elkins wrote in <20020215011618.16ECD3710E@asimov.lib.uaa.alaska.edu>:
> > Nope, I was useing all lower case letters. I foxed this though. On the
> > reinstall, I noticed RedHat choose a 104 key key board, and I had a 101.I
> > also tried (the second time) using all numbers, instead of letters. It
> > worked, and I now hold the godlike power of root!
>
> Just don't put your machine on the net. (Unless you've changed the
> password since.) Your message is now in the mailing list's public
> web archives, advertising that your password can be brute-forced in
> only 50 million tries, give or take. :)

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