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  From: David de Groot <david@viking.org.au>
  To  : Linux SA <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 14:54:29 +1000

Re: SuSE 8.1, paranoid security, no su or sudo.

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On Thursday, July 31, 2003, at 02:50 PM, Nick Morrison wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 02:12:14PM +1000, David de Groot said:
>> Does anyone know of a way to:
>>  a) get SuSEconfig to run from an underprivileged account such that it
>>     can make privileged changes
>>  b) su to root or gain a root shell somehow
>>  c) reboot the machine remotely with only an unprivileged account in
>>     the hope the new "Secure" settings set in Yast2 get applied on 
>> bootup.
>
> I would hope there's no way to do any of the above after telling your 
> SuSE
> to be paranoid...
>

True, and ordinarily I'd hope the same... ;)

Dave
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