https://nick-black.com/dankwiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Physical_accessPhysical access - revision history2026-07-11T18:14:26ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.46.0https://nick-black.com/dankwiki/index.php?title=Physical_access&diff=6885&oldid=prevDank at 09:58, 29 May 20202020-05-29T09:58:45Z<p></p>
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</table>Dankhttps://nick-black.com/dankwiki/index.php?title=Physical_access&diff=6884&oldid=prevDank: Created page with "So you've got physical access to a UNIX box. How do you get root access? ==Removing root password== This requires that the filesystem containing <tt>/etc</tt> is not encrypte..."2020-05-29T08:59:54Z<p>Created page with "So you've got physical access to a UNIX box. How do you get root access? ==Removing root password== This requires that the filesystem containing <tt>/etc</tt> is not encrypte..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>So you've got physical access to a UNIX box. How do you get root access?<br />
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==Removing root password==<br />
This requires that the filesystem containing <tt>/etc</tt> is not encrypted. Remove the disk with the filesystem containing <tt>/etc</tt>, and mount it on another machine.<br />
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* Edit <tt>/etc/passwd</tt>, and remove the second field for the root entry:<br />
<tt>root::0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash</tt><br />
* Edit <tt>/etc/shadow</tt>, and do the same:<br />
<tt>root::18242:0:99999:7:::</tt><br />
* If you intend to set a new root password using <tt>passwd</tt>, it's recommended to add an 'x' back to the <tt>/etc/passwd</tt>, so that <tt>/etc/shadow</tt> is used again:<br />
<tt>root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash</tt></div>Dank