Getting ROOT on Indy (last question!)

From: James Dickens <jdickens_at_ameritech.net>
Date: Mon Nov 10 19:34:17 2003

On Monday 10 November 2003 10:35, Jochen Kunz wrote:
> On 2003.11.10 03:26 owen_at_bardstown.com wrote:
> > I have no floppy or CDROM installed on this, nor do I have a SCSI
> > adapter to mount the drives under linux and do the deed the _simple_
> > way. I also lack IRIX media.
>
> Get IRIX media, period.
> Temporally mount CDROM to Indy, boot to install system, mount old root,
> chroot to old root (available from the admin menu in the install
> system), vi /etc/passwd, reboot, done.


Depending on the version of IRIX, may find this information useful, it is an
exploit and program that can be used to break into your IRIX box if it is not
to new of version, good luck

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1572/exploit/

James
Received on Mon Nov 10 2003 - 19:34:17 GMT

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