From: suckoff@abuse.com   
      
   "Mark Gordon"  wrote in message   
   news:20030710002543.7076a466.spamtrap@flash-gordon.me.uk...   
   > On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 05:37:33 GMT   
   > "brian"  wrote:   
   >   
   > > I am a freelance computer tech, and have been retained to replace a   
   > > tape drive in a SCO server running 5.0.5 SCO/Unix, it is at a doctors   
   > > office that is using custom writen software from a company that is no   
   > > longer in business.  They do not have a 'root' or 'superuser'   
   > > password.  There are files that i need to change but do not have   
   > > permissions to do so...also this system is quite old and they are not   
   > > sure where the originial SCO/Unix discs are(if they even have them)   
   >   
   > Whoever left them in that situation should be shot.   
   >   
   > > i do have console access to this machine, and can login as a normal   
   > > user. Is there a root kit i can install or away to get superuser privs   
   > > w/o putting the hard drive in my BSD box and yanking the passwd files   
   > > off and decrypting them?   
   >   
   > If I had a rootkit I would not provide it. However, you could try the   
   > standard trick of rebooting the machine in single user more.   
      
   tried rebooting into single user mode...requests root password (insecure   
   setup i suppose)   
      
      
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