General :: Login To Root Without Password (ubuntu 8.04)?
Sep 4, 2010When I try to do
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sudo su root
The login is successful without prompting a password. This is dangerous. How am I going to avoid/disable this?
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While looking at /var/log/secure, I've found the following lines:
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Debian :: Root Login Without Setting Root Password
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[root@ivrsdb1_pnq /]# passwd -S oracle
Password locked.
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Unlocking password for user oracle.
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Predictably neither scp or sftp work either. I have several questions as a result.
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